A new map-first experience for My Block, Commute and Politics. Pull up each sheet to open the full page. Plan trips and explore transit lines on the map, with clearer controls and route previews. Shorter onboarding guides address setup and optional alerts. Refined Basic and full-access options. New Apple Watch companion for block scores, subway updates and opening details on iPhone.

Faster My Block loading and smoother scrolling, with cached results when switching locations. Crime trends now use a clearly labeled 500 m radius and the latest available NYPD data. Improved alert schedules, transit details, and notification links. Updated NYC Block Check branding.

Set separate alert windows for Home, Work, and your current location. Commute service alerts now show effective times and full details. Plus reliability improvements.

Adds a quick way to start free access from the app icon, plus usability and reliability improvements.

Meet NYC Block Check. This update refreshes the app name and My Block layout so parking, transit, trash, events, and neighborhood information are easier to check.

Improves event freshness and shows more nearby NYC city and race events on the map.

Improves event freshness and shows more nearby NYC city and race events on the map.

Improves subscription options and reliability.

Improves location recognition and reliable data loading across all five NYC boroughs.

NYC Intel now includes a free Basic tier. Save one home address and explore nearby 311 activity without a subscription. This update also improves access controls and reliability.

A redesigned daily city guide with clearer My Block, commute, parking, trash, alerts, and Ask NYC Intel — now localized in Chinese, Russian, Bangla, Arabic, and Korean.

NYC Intel now includes Spanish and a redesigned daily city guide, with clearer My Block, commute, parking, trash, alerts, and Ask NYC Intel.

A redesigned layout makes My Block, Commute, Politics, and Alerts clearer, easier to scan, and simpler to navigate.

New: Ask NYC Intel. Type or speak a question about your selected Home, Work, or current area and get a direct answer grounded in NYC public data. Results include map context, source links, data freshness, assumptions, and an option to be notified when the answer changes. Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole, and Korean. This update also improves performance and stability.

This update brings performance improvements and bug fixes for a faster, smoother experience. Thanks for using NYC Intel!

Parking and Citi Bike just got smarter: • Explore color-coded curb rules on a dedicated parking map. • Tap a street for rule details and live countdowns. • Find nearby Citi Bike stations, bikes, docks, and bike-lane overlays. • Enjoy faster, smoother maps and reliability improvements.

NYC Intel now makes it clearer what’s happening near your saved block and asks for alert permission after My Block is ready. Parking Enforcement Intel now maps the latest 30 days of issued-ticket totals to nearby street blocks and adds clear borough comparison context. Smarter personalized trial reminders highlight meaningful nearby updates, while referral tools remain in My Block, Settings, and the paywall.

Performance improvements and bug fixes for a smoother experience.

• New Orange "Compost Bins" Layer: Easily spot NYC’s ~390 DSNY 24/7 smart compost bins right under the Sanitation section, rendered in authentic orange! • Cleaner Scrap Drop-Off Map: Smart app-access bins are now separated from staffed community sites, eliminating overlap so you know exactly where and when you can drop off scraps. • Tap for Access Info: Tap any orange pin to view 24/7 availability details and accepted materials (including meat and dairy).

Introducing Explore — turn your walks into intel. • New Explore mode on the map: tap the footprints button and every walkable street around you lights up • Walk a street and it turns green — build your personal map of the city, block by block • Tap any street to instantly preview its Block Score, 311 activity, and cleanliness ranking • Tap the preview for the full breakdown — crime, 311 calls, construction, and trends for that exact block • Works across all five boroughs • Private by design: your routes are processed on your phone and never leave it Plus: smoother map performance and fixes throughout.

How clean is your block, really? The new Cleanliness card ranks it against the rest of your borough — "cleaner than 88% of Brooklyn" — using sanitation complaints and rat activity. A new Collection Days card shows your trash, recycling, and compost pickup schedule so you stop guessing which night to take the cans out. And the map's new Sanitation layer shows where to drop off electronics, food scraps, old medications, and special waste — plus exactly what counts as "special waste."

We rebuilt how each building's health rating works. It's now sized to the building — a couple of open violations in a 160-unit tower no longer reads as bad as the same count in a two-family home — and it ignores decades-old records that were never formally closed, so the rating reflects what's genuinely open today. Serious, immediately-hazardous conditions always surface.

Your block now has a voice — and a sharper score. Email your rep, in one tap. See a problem near you? Contact your City Council member (or your State Assembly/Senate rep) straight from your block. We draft a constituent letter from your block's real data — leading with the issue that matters most — ready to send or export as a PDF. NYC City Council is here. Your local Council member now appears alongside your state and federal reps, with photo, party, and contact info. A safety-first Block Score. The score now leads with serious crime near your block, so a genuinely rough block no longer outscores a calm one. Clearer, fairer, and honest about what's actually happening. Traffic crashes on the map. A new Accidents layer, a crash breakdown for your block, and neighborhood crash history — now part of your Block Score. See how your block compares. Cards now stack your block against the rest of your borough — "calmer than 80% of Brooklyn." Plus refinements and fixes throughout. Thanks for using NYC Intel!

• New activity filter: dial the radius and time window to see exactly what's happening around you. • More accurate Building Health — open vs. closed HPD/DOB violations are now separated, so the risk rating reflects only what's still unresolved while history stays visible. • Faster My Block: your block loads instantly from cache, then refreshes in the background. • More reliable building data — smarter street matching means fewer buildings show up empty. • Cleaner event listings with per-category icons, plus fresh time-of-day backdrops across the app.

• New — Activity Filter: tap the filter icon on the Map or My Block to set how far (up to 1 mile) and how recent you want nearby activity — Today, 7 days, 30 days, or All. • Safety History now shows the full latest month of incidents and is labeled by your neighborhood (e.g. "Astoria"), so it's clear what area the numbers cover. • Faster, more reliable My Block — parking, crime, and 311 data load more consistently when you switch locations. • Fixes and performance improvements.