DOB NOW Electrical Permit Details contains records of electrical work scope for construction projects in New York City. The dataset is part of the DOB NOW Electrical Permit Data Collection and is published by the City of New York. Each job filing number can have multiple rows detailing specific electrical components, such as service switches of different amperages, installed in different building locations.
Use Cases
- Analyze the distribution of electrical service capacities (e.g., 100-200 amp switches) based on the description of service switch types.
- Map electrical work locations within buildings (e.g., basement, 4th floor) based on the description of multiple records per job.
- Study the granularity of electrical permit filings based on the described one-row-per-scope structure.
Strengths
- Granular detail with multiple records per job filing number, allowing for analysis of distinct electrical scopes within a single project.
- Data is part of an official municipal data collection (DOB NOW) from the City of New York.
- Last updated 2026-03-15 02:58:07.870305, indicating a recent timestamp.
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
- Part of the DOB NOW Electrical Permit Data Collection, likely extracted from municipal permit filing systems.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-15 02:58:07.870305
- Geography
- New York City