CommonPlace: Points of Interest for New York City

A compilation of points of interest considered significant by various New York City agencies. The dataset is maintained by the City of New York and is available in multiple formats including RDF, JSON, CSV, and XML. Historical versions are retained to comply with Local Law 106 of 2015.

Use Cases

• Map city infrastructure and amenities based on the compiled points of interest.
• Analyze the distribution of public resources based on agency-defined places.
• Build civic applications that reference official city points of interest.
• Audit historical data changes for compliance with Local Law 106 of 2015.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats (RDF, JSON, CSV, XML).
• Historical versions are preserved for legal compliance.
• Dataset is maintained by the City of New York, suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

Compilation from different city agencies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:59:48.734993; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City