New York City Municipal Court District Boundaries Including Water Areas

Municipal Court Districts (water areas included) provides the boundaries for judicial districts in New York City, including portions under water. The dataset is maintained by the City of New York's Department of City Planning and was last updated on March 15, 2026. All previously released versions are available on the DCP's BYTES of the BIG APPLE website.

Use Cases

• Map jurisdictional boundaries for legal analysis based on the described district boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of court service areas based on the inclusion of water areas.
• Integrate judicial district polygons into city planning GIS systems based on the geospatial boundary data.

Strengths

• Includes water areas, which is a specific feature mentioned in the description.
• Maintained by the authoritative Department of City Planning for New York City.
• All historical versions are archived and accessible on the official DCP website.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, Department of City Planning

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official city planning and legal documents.

Time Range

Current version is 26a; temporal coverage is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-15 02:55:09.178769; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City