New York City Street Construction Closure Permits

Street Closures due to Construction Activities by Intersection tracks locations in New York City where streets are fully closed for construction. The dataset is produced by the City of New York's Department of Transportation and was last updated in April 2026. It details permits for periods when streets may be closed to through traffic.

Use Cases

• Predict traffic congestion by mapping closure_permit locations and their time_periods onto city road networks.
• Analyze construction activity density by geospatial clustering of closure_intersection points.
• Schedule municipal maintenance work by identifying streets with active full_closure permits.
• Model pedestrian and vehicle rerouting using closure_location and street_name data.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly, with a last update timestamp of April 2026.
• Provides geospatial data for integration with city street maps.
• Covers multiple permit types related to construction closures.

Limitations

• Specific data volume metrics like row count and file size are unknown.
• The temporal coverage and historical depth of the records are not specified.
• Data completeness for all boroughs or street types is unverified.

Provenance

Source

City of New York Department of Transportation.

Collection Method

Collected from issued Full Closure Permits for construction activities.

Freshness

Updated in April 2026.

Geography

New York City streets.