Mobile Telecommunications Franchise Pole Reservation Locations detail street light, traffic light, and utility poles reserved for potential telecom equipment installation in New York City. The dataset is published by the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications via data.cityofnewyork.us. It was last updated in March 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze reservation density per Borough and Zipcode for network deployment planning.
- Model Installation Date and Status to forecast infrastructure rollout timelines.
- Assess regulatory constraints using Scenic Landmark Advisory, Historic Landmark Advisory, and Park Advisory flags.
- Map pole locations using Latitude and Longitude coordinates for geospatial visualization.
- Correlate pole reservations with community boundaries using Council District and Community Board fields.
Strengths
- Contains 22 columns detailing administrative, geographic, and regulatory attributes for each pole.
- Includes precise geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) and local street references (On street, Cross street 1, Cross street 2).
- Data is current, with a last update timestamp of March 2026.
Limitations
- Sample data and total row count are unavailable, preventing assessment of dataset scale.
- Key metadata such as data collection method, license, and author are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications via data.cityofnewyork.us.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Updated March 2026.
- Geography
- New York City, USA (Borough-specific).