New York City/Tools and Resources
New York City has a wealth of online maps, tools and open data sources that can helpful to OSM mappers.
Official NYC Geo Tools
BIS (Building Information Search)
https://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/bispi00.jsp
Department of Buildings info portal, source for information about individual buildings or browsing building data by block or lot.
During the NYC buildings import in 2014, address tags, height info and a unique building identification number, BIN, were included. You can search for a specific building using its BIN value (ie nycdoitt:bin=4441174)
Capital Planning Explorer
https://capitalplanning.nyc.gov/map/
Department of City Planning web tool to help identify new construction, alterations and demolitions.
DOB NOW Public Portal
https://a810-dobnow.nyc.gov/publish/Index.html#!/
GOAT (Geographic Online Address Translator)
https://a030-goat.nyc.gov/goat
Department of City Planning tool for researching properties by address, lot, or BIN.
HPD Online
https://hpdonline.nyc.gov/hpdonline/
NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development portal for researching residential properties.
ZoLA (Zoning & Land Use Map)
Department of City Planning application for displaying lot lines, zoning districts, and many other boundaries. Also alows display of historical aerial imagery.
Open Data Sources
BYTES of the BIG APPLE
https://www.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/open-data.page
Downloads for many NYC open data resources
NYC Open Data
https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/
Searchable index of hundreds of open NYC datasets and APIs.