New York City Common Places and Points of Interest

New York City's compilation of official Points of Interest considered Common Places by various city agencies. The dataset includes multiple versions retained to comply with Local Law 106 of 2015. It is published by the City of New York and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of FACILITY TYPE across BOROUGH CODE for urban planning.
• Model the relationship between FEATURE NAME and SOURCE ID to track data provenance.
• Perform geospatial clustering of the_geom coordinates to identify regional service gaps.
• Temporal analysis of POI creation using CREATED_DATE and MODIFIED_DATE fields.
• Classify FACILITY DOMAINS based on associated SAFTYPE and SECURITY LEVEL attributes.

Strengths

• Includes 21 distinct columns for detailed POI characterization.
• Retains historical versions as mandated by Local Law 106 of 2015.
• Provides multiple data formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Sample data and total row count are unavailable for assessing size.
• Specific license terms and original author are unknown.
• Geographic scope is implied but not explicitly stated in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Compilation from different city agencies.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

New York City (implied by organization and borough codes).