New York City Pool Inspection Violation Records

Inspection results for indoor and outdoor bathing establishments in New York City, including pools, saunas, and spray grounds. The dataset includes violation counts categorized as general, critical, and public health hazards. Data is provided by the City of New York and was last updated in July 2025.

Use Cases

• Identify facilities with high violation counts by analyzing the '# of All Violations', '# of Critical Violations', and '# of PHH Violations' columns.
• Map inspection trends over time using the 'Inspection_Date' and geospatial coordinates ('Lat', 'Long') to visualize clusters of non-compliance.
• Analyze the distribution of 'Inspection_Type' and 'Permit_Type' across different 'Community Board' or 'Council District' areas.
• Correlate facility characteristics like 'Facility_Name' and 'ZIP' code with the frequency and severity of recorded violations.

Strengths

• Includes specific violation counts for general, critical, and public health hazard categories.
• Contains geospatial coordinates ('Lat', 'Long') for mapping analysis.
• Covers a wide range of facility types from schools to hotels as described.

Limitations

• The total number of rows and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting assessment of scope.
• Inspection data was paused or modified in 2020 due to COVID-19, creating potential gaps.
• Sample data is unavailable to verify data structure and completeness.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Results from official inspections conducted by city agencies.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-07-24.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.