The footprints of every building in NYC (beautifulpublicdata.com)

71 points by jonathanmkeegan 1mo ago ↗ HN

https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-geo-metadata/blob/main/...

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xnx 1mo ago ↗

Direct link to the data: https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-geo-metadata/blob/main/...

Article does some nutzo thing where it adds ?ref=beautifulpublicdata.com to outgoing links.

dang 1mo ago ↗

Thanks, we'll put that link in the toptext as well.

adrianparsons 1mo ago ↗

Great writeup! I work with NYC open data but did not know about this dataset!

> Garages make up one-fifth of NYC buildings

I'm quite surprised by this.

pavel_lishin 1mo ago ↗

I wonder if this is in the parts of the outer boroughs where detached houses are the norm?

HFguy 1mo ago ↗

Yes, something seems off. Wonder if "Parking" got lumped into "Garage"?

Type of Building. List of values: 1000 = Parking 1001 = Gas Station Canopy 1002 = Storage Tank 1003 = Placeholder (triangle for permitted bldg) 1004 = Auxiliary Structure (non-addressable, not garage) 1005 = Temporary Structure (e.g. construction trailer) 1006 = Cantilevered Building 2100 = Building 2110 = Skybridge 5100 = Building Under Construction 5110 = Garage

bflesch 1mo ago ↗

This is amazing. Unfortunately the 1960s, 70s and 80s seem to have been censored in the historic aerial maps. It's a very important period in NYC construction history where buildings with interesting shapes kept popping up.

The gap between 1951 and 1996 can be seen in: https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-geo-metadata/blob/main/...