City, New York Open Data

NYC's open datasets over the Socrata API

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New York City's open-data portal is a Socrata instance where every dataset has a keyless JSON endpoint. The sample pulls two rows from the 311 service-request dataset; SoQL query parameters let you filter and page.

61HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 61 · healthy
Uptime history
93.8%90 days
93.1%30 days
698P50 · ms
4753P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 137 ms, slowest 3022 ms, most recent 575 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?$limit=2

[
  {
    "unique_key": "69592261",
    "created_date": "2026-07-04T01:51:23.000",
    "agency": "NYPD",
    "agency_name": "New York City Police Department",
    "complaint_type": "Noise - Residential",
    "descriptor": "Loud Music/Party",
    "status": "In Progress"
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?$limit=2"
const res = await fetch("https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?$limit=2");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?$limit=2")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /resource/erm2-nwe9.json?$limit=2698 mschecked 9h ago
GET/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?$limit=2PROBED

NYC's open datasets over the Socrata API

GET/resource

Resource — documented GET route.

GET/resource/1

Resource details by ID (example: 1).

GET/resource?limit=10

Resource — documented GET route.

GET/resource/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/resource/erm2-nwe9.json?limit=5

Erm2 Nwe9 Json — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

City, New York Open Data: common questions

Is City, New York Open Data free to use?

Yes — City, New York Open Data is a free government API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does City, New York Open Data need an API key?

No — City, New York Open Data needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call City, New York Open Data from the browser?

Yes — City, New York Open Data returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is City, New York Open Data up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, City, New York Open Data is healthy with 93.8% uptime over 90 days and a 698 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.