NYC Parks Spray Showers: Locations and Jurisdictional Data

NYC Parks maintains this dataset of spray shower locations under its jurisdiction. The data includes geospatial coordinates and administrative boundaries, such as City Council Districts and Police Precincts, for each site. A public data dictionary is available to explain the columns and their meanings.

Use Cases

• Mapping public cooling amenities using the Point and SiteName columns.
• Analyzing facility distribution by neighborhood using the Borough and Community Districts columns.
• Cross-referencing park infrastructure with administrative boundaries using the City Council Districts and Police Precincts columns.
• Identifying park properties containing spray showers using the PropName and GisPropNum columns.

Strengths

• Includes a detailed public data dictionary explaining column definitions.
• Contains specific geospatial (Point) and administrative boundary columns for precise location and jurisdictional analysis.
• Dataset is maintained by an authoritative source, the City of New York.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and license are not provided on any platform.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates exist between sources (2026-05-06 on Socrata vs. 2026-03-22 on Data.gov).
• The Data.gov source lacks column information, reducing its utility for understanding the data structure.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, NYC Parks department.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal parks department asset management systems.

Freshness

Last updated date is listed as 2026-05-06 on Socrata, but conflicts with a 2026-03-22 date on Data.gov.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.