NYC DEP Water and Sewer Permit Applications

New York City's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Application and Permit data contains information on approved applications and issued permits. The dataset includes details on permit type, property location, and request status, tracking approvals on a regular basis. Columns suggest it is used for managing and auditing construction and development activities related to water and sewer infrastructure.

Use Cases

• Tracking permit application statuses using RequestStatus and ApplicationType.
• Analyzing permit issuance trends by borough using Borough Name and IssuanceDate.
• Mapping permit locations by property lot using Block and Lot.
• Verifying permit details for specific properties using PermitNumber and PropertyZip.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals importance and official use.
• Contains specific geospatial identifiers (Block, Lot, Borough Name) for property-level analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing or conflicting: row counts, file sizes, license, and author are unknown across all sources.
• The 'last updated' dates (March and April 2026) are in the future, indicating likely erroneous metadata.
• One platform (datagov) provides no column information, limiting initial assessment of data structure.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us (NYC Department of Environmental Protection)

Collection Method

Likely gathered from departmental application and permit issuance systems.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated dates are inconsistent and implausible (2026); actual freshness is unknown.

Geography

New York City, specifically the five boroughs.