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BYTES of the BIG APPLE™

BYTES of the BIG APPLE is a family of software, data and geographic base map files for the City of New York. The Department of City Planning offers these products for free download or by a license agreement.

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Geographic Files:

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MapPLUTO^TM © 2003-2009. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. License agreement required - please call 212-720-3505 for more information.
MapPLUTO merges PLUTO tax lot data with tax lot features from the Department of Finance’s Digital Tax Map (DTM), clipped to the shoreline. It contains extensive land use and geographic data at the tax lot level in ESRI ARCGIS shape format and dbase table format.
Release............. 09v2 Date of Data..... June - September 2009 Price................. $300 per Borough

DCPLION - © NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
A single line street base map representing the city's streets and other linear geographic features such as shorelines, surface rail lines and boardwalks, along with feature names and address ranges for each addressable street segment. The ESRI version is released as a File Geodatabase that can only be used with ArcGIS version 9.2 or higher. In addition to the data, the geodatabase also includes two pre-built address locators that can be used out-of-the-box, with no steps to set them up. The ESRI version also comes with several layer files for viewing the data, including a new Street Name Label layer and a Street Direction Arrows layer. Notice To Users: This is the last release of LION to be offered in ArcGIS 9.2 format. Future releases will be provided in ArcGIS 9.3 format.
Release............. 09B Date of Data..... October 2009

NYC GIS Zoning Features © NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
The GIS Zoning Features data set is provided as a free download in ESRI Shapefile and file geodatabase formats. These are industry-standard GIS data formats, compatible with most GIS and CAD software, and also viewable using free GIS viewers like ESRI’s ArcGIS Explorer or Google Earth. This data set is continuous (seamless) city-wide and consists of 4 classes of zoning features: zoning districts, special purpose districts, commercial overlay zones, and approximate locations for restrictive/environmental declarations. While representative of the information contained in DCP’s printed zoning maps, this GIS data set is not intended to replace those maps, but to provide an additional source of zoning information for the general public’s use in digital mapping and analysis applications. The downloadable zoning data will be updated on the last Monday of every month. Updates will include recent zoning changes adopted by the City Council.
Release............. January 2010 Date of Data..... January 2010 (date of most recent City Council adoptions included in data: 12/21/2009)
Notice To Users: 1. Zoning data changes frequently! The downloadable zoning data will be updated on the last Monday of every month. Updates will include recent zoning changes adopted by the City Council. 2. These features are not intended for determining zoning at the individual tax lot level.

Administrative and Political Districts - © NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Political & Election Districts: - New York State Assembly Districts, New York City Council Districts, U.S. Congressional Districts, New York State Senate Districts, New York City Election Districts and New York City Municipal Court Districts. Borough & Community Districts: - Borough Boundaries (with and without Water Area), and Community Districts. School, Health, Fire & Police: - School Districts, Fire Companies, Fire Battalions, Fire Divisions, Police Precincts, Health Areas, and Health Center Districts. 2000 Census Blocks & Tracts: (with and without Water Area)
Release............. 09B Date of Data..... October 2009

Tax Block Base Map Files™ © 1995, 1997-1998, 2002, 2004-2008. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved.
Notice to Users: In May 2008, the Department of Finance began maintenance of the Digital Tax Map (DTM). In January 2009, the DTM Online application was launched, providing public access to current and past tax maps. For the previous Tax Block files, release 07C, see the BYTES of the BIG Apple archive.

Tax Lot Base Map Files™ © 1995, 1997-1998, 2002, 2004-2008. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved.
Notice to Users: In May 2008, the Department of Finance began maintenance of the Digital Tax Map (DTM). In January 2009, the DTM Online application was launched, providing public access to current and past tax maps. The Department of City Planning is no longer maintaining a GIS representation of the tax blocks and tax lots.

nycProjectionAreas © 2007-2009 NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Geographic files of Projection Areas (depicted in PLANYC 2030) as created by the New York City Department of City Planning using whole census tracts as building blocks.
Release............. 09B Date of Data..... October 2009

NHoodNames © 2010 NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Geographic files of neighborhood labels as depicted in New York: A City of Neighborhoods.
Release............. 2010.1 Date of Data..... December 2009

Areas of Interest © 2010 NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Geographic files of areas of interest labels as depicted in New York: A City of Neighborhoods.
Release............. 2010.1 Date of Data..... December 2009

Data Files:

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PLUTO™ © 2003-2009. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. License agreement required - please call 212-720-3505 for more information.
Extensive land use and geographic data at the tax lot level in ASCII comma-delimited format. The PLUTO files contain more than seventy fields derived from data maintained by city agencies. Tax lot data for selected tax blocks or Community Districts can be extracted using the PLUTO Select application which is included with this product.
Release............. 09v2 Date of Data..... June - September 2009 Price................. $250 Citywide

PAD™ © 2005-2009. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
The PAD (Property Address Directory) file contains additional geographic information at the tax lot level not found in the PLUTO files. This data includes alias addresses and Building Identification Numbers (BINs). It consists of two ASCII, comma delimited files: a tax lot file and an address file. For the version providing supplemental information to MapPLUTO version 09v2, see PAD Release 09A on the BYTES of Big Apple archive page.
Release............. 09C Date of Data..... January 2010

Selected Facilities and Program Sites - © NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Data providing the location, type and capacity of public and private community facilities in New York City, including schools, parks, libraries, public safety, day care, foster care, special needs housing, health and mental health facilities and programs. To facilitate analysis and mapping, the data is geocoded and available in two formats: ASCII delimited text files and Microsoft Access database.
Release........... 2008.1 Click here to view Date of Data

Applications:

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a Windows® based geocoding package boasting a 99% hit rate that allows for the standardization, validation and processing of geographic locations throughout New York City.

Release......... 09C Price............. $2,250
This product is updated continually and released 4 times a year. A discount is available for users wishing to purchase two or more releases per subscription year: 1 release = $2,250 2 releases = $3,000 3 releases = $3,700 4 releases = $4,400

Notes:

The data and geographic base map files can be imported into a variety of commercially available spreadsheet, database and/or geographic information systems (GIS) software for computer-generated map production and analysis. The City of New York does not provide such products to the public nor does it endorse or recommend specific products. Free GIS data viewers are available from both ESRI (Arc Explorer) and MapInfo (Pro Viewer).

Disclaimer:
The information contained in the BYTES of the BIG APPLE files was compiled for governmental use by the New York City Department of City Planning. The Department and the City make no representation as to the accuracy of the information or its suitability for any purpose. The Department and the City disclaim any liability for errors that may be contained therein.