New York City Canine Waste Bag Dispenser Locations

New York City Parks Department maintains a dataset of canine waste bag dispenser locations across the city. Each record includes the dispenser's location, mounting surface, manufacturer, installation date, and the entity responsible for restocking. The data is collected by borough analysts and managed by the Parks Innovation & Performance Management team, with inactive dispensers removed.

Use Cases

• Mapping dispenser density per borough using Borough and point columns
• Analyzing maintenance responsibility distribution using RestockedBy and ParkDistrict columns
• Identifying installation trends over time using InstallationDate and Manufacturer columns
• Correlating dispenser placement with park properties using PropertyName and SubPropertyName columns
• Assessing geographic coverage across administrative districts using CouncilDistrict, CommunityBoard, and Precinct columns

Strengths

• Data is actively maintained, with records for inactive dispensers removed
• Contains detailed administrative and geographic attributes, including 23 specific columns
• Managed by a dedicated city team (Parks' Innovation & Performance Management)

Limitations

• Metadata completeness varies across platforms; row counts, sizes, and licenses are unspecified
• Some records lack installation dates, as noted in the description
• Update timestamps conflict between sources (2026-05-18 vs 2026-03-22)

Provenance

Source

City of New York, Parks Department

Collection Method

Collected by analysts in each borough and collated via an ArcGIS Online web application

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-05-18 according to the most reliable source

Geography

New York City, including all boroughs