The NYC Big Apps competition is well under way, and there are some amazing pieces of technology in the pool of contestants. Some of our favorite applications are listed below:
General NYC Apps:
NYC Way: 30+ NYC iPhone Apps in One – This is our favorite all- encompassing app in this competition. It is currently available for free online through the iPhone store. We think these developers should work with all of the other developers in this competition to make a super NYC app with many more functions.
Building and Research NYC Apps:
Blocks And Lots – This an amazing little widget that can be installed on any website. Department of Finance, Buildings and City Planning records are displayed for over 5 million property listings.
Here is a screenshot of this great little widget. As soon as we have a chance, we’re installing it on our website.
NYC Landmarks – This app allows your inner preservationist to explore landmarks throughout NYC, look up designation reports, post comments, and more.
Real Estate NYC Apps:
RentSleuth – Having lived in 6+ places since we have been in NY, this app would have proven itself invaluable in our apartment searches. We especially love the heat maps created with City data. These include: bedbugs, violence, health, and subway concentrations. The screenshot below shows apartments under $2000 in the Williamsburg area, with both the graffiti and bedbug heat maps turned on.
We also generated a heat map of violence throughout the South side of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. As you can see there are some serious pockets in SoHo, East New York, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, and Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Greene.
Parking NYC Apps:
Roadify – This is currently a Park Slope-only app and has yet to expand elsewhere, but we think it has great potential. Over 450 members have already begun using this TXTing-only parking application that allows users to trade-off parking spots. Once we give this one a try, we’ll let you know how it fares.
PrimoSpot – Another parking app. This one has a web map which helps you locate convenient spots. It also lets you know specific rules that apply to your parking spot, such as how long you are allowed to stay and which alternate-side rules apply.
ParkShark – Looks like this application has many of the same features as those we already listed. It seems as if the parking app that will fare best will be that which can attract the most users.
NYC Broken Meters – We tried this out on our iPhone. It seemed like a great idea, but did not work that well for us. It was very hard to find a parking spot, let alone one that had a broken meter.
Bicycling NYC Apps:
Spokes NYC – A free iPhone app for Bicyclists. It features point-to-point directions and bike rack and bike shop finders.
Ride the City – An online app for mapping out a bicycle route.
Research & Data NYC:
Uncover Your City – This app makes possible a wealth of opportunities for comparing, contrasting and analyzing city data.
OMB Executive Dashboard – An interesting app that displays information from the City’s Office of Management and Budget.
We’re excited to explore a few more apps and will update this posting when we do:
NYCMapExplorer
Department of Numbers: New York City Home Prices and Affordability
Bookzee
SMS Congressional District Lookup
PrecinctsReporting NYC
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