New York City Beach Zone and Section Geospatial Data

Geospatial data from the City of New York details beach zones and sections for inspection and maintenance. The dataset uses the NAD_1983_StatePlane_New_York_Long_Island_FIPS_3104_Feet projection with measurements in feet. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map beach zone (ZN-xx) boundaries for maintenance planning and resource allocation.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of beach sections to understand coastal management segmentation.
• Join geospatial beach section data with other NYC datasets using the provided projection for integrated analysis.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative City of New York organization.
• Available in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML for flexibility.
• Includes a detailed data dictionary for column and feature reference.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and column structure limits assessment of dataset scale and completeness.
• Spatial coverage is limited to New York City beaches, not generalizable to other regions.
• The license is unspecified, which may create uncertainty for commercial or redistribution use.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

New York City