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  1. 1AW

    For the past few months, I've been working on a website that answers two different questions: - Where in my city have the best travel times to all the things and people I care about? - Given a listing, how far is it from all the things and people I care about? Personally this was fueled by my own frustrations when I was apartment hunting in NYC. I was frustrating to have to juggle so many Google Maps tabs when I was evaluating a listing, and it was also annoying to not have full confidence that I was even searching in the right places. I wanted to be close to work, a Trader Joe's, and a…

    2025 · theretowhere.com

  2. 2RI

    New York City has this cool program that lets anyone report idling commercial vehicles and get a large cut of the fines [1]. It's been in the news recently [2]. I've filed a few reports, and I found the process frustrating and error-prone. The forms are fiddly, there's way too much information that needs to be copied down from the video by hand, you have to use a third-party app to take a timestamped video and a different app to compress it before uploading, and approximately none of it can be done on your phone — the device you probably used to record your video in the first place. I built…

    2025 · apps.apple.com

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    I am slowly adding more locations now. This is intended to be a crowdsourced map. Everyone is welcome to add more locations and provide comments/votes here. Free people from going to a cafe for work only to leave because there's no wifi, restroom, or outlet!! Demo: https://x.com/KSeisai/status/1708273554041504028?s=20

    2023 · octobrain.one

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    All you need to know about building In public 🚀

    2021

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    Check any building's violations before you sign a lease

    Apr 2026 · apartmentiq.app

  6. 6AI

    historically, rentals in NYC have been pretty wild. the median 1BR in West Village as of July 2025 cost $5,750/month. about a month ago, NYC passed a law to ban broker fees which many predicted would have increased rents. I realized I had access to some original data from a previous project so I built a dashboard to help me visualize the changes and see for myself. you can filter by neighborhoods, bedrooms, original source where the rentals were posted, and select a timeframe. this is still a work in progress, so apologies in advance for any issues you encounter. I would love any…

    2025 · leaseswap.nyc

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    I built a free, no-registration noise evidence generator for tenant noise complaints. Features: - Supports 27 US cities with accurate noise ordinances - Real-time recording + professional court-ready PDF reports - 100% local processing (no data upload, privacy-first) - Auto day/night noise limit detection - Completely free (10 PDF generations/day) Why: As a tenant dealing with noise issues, I was frustrated that existing tools either required subscriptions or uploaded data to servers. This tool is: - Totally free, no hidden costs - No registration or installation required - All…

    Jan 2026 · noiseevidence.com

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    Realtime NYC sounds

    2022

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    311 is NYC's consolidated line for non-emergency local government services. They'll forward complaints to the correct department, everything from missed trash pickup to apartments without heat or hot water. I was browsing through their data and was surprised to discover that more than a quarter of all complaints -- hundreds of thousands per year -- are noise related. I built NoisyNYC on top of the noise-related data. No plans for commercialization, this is a small side project.

    2023 · noisynyc.com

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    2012 · nycpowerstatus.com

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    New Yorkers don't pick neighborhoods. They pick blocks.

    Jul 2026 · nycblockscore.com

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    NYC rats real-time map

    Jun 2026 · ratflow.nyc

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    Free, open API for 521M+ company records worldwide

    Jun 2026 · registry-lookup.com

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    AI-sourced exclusive leads for 46 contractor trades

    Jul 2026 · bellavego.com

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    HOA violation case tracking for self-managed boards

    5d ago · violationflow.homes

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    Hey HN, I build "How Loud Is My Hotel?" as a simple way to check for possible loud noise near a hotel (or any other address) before booking it. I've had some negative experiences in the past so this automatically checks for things like nearby Clubs, Police Stations with sirens, big roads, railroads etc. and gives you a "noise score" based on them. It's free, works worldwide and needs no account. It estimates outside noise risk rather than measuring decibels, so building insulation and temporary noise aren’t included.

    Jun 2026 · noise.vantezzen.io

  21. 21SA

    Hey HN, excited to share a side project I’ve been working on for the past few months. This started after getting frustrated trying to figure out where to live. I wanted an easy way to see how an area was changing. Are schools improving or getting worse? Is housing inventory increasing or decreasing? How does this compare to historic levels? Search Away brings together housing, income, school, census and crime data for over 33,000 zip codes and 87,000 schools. Housing data is updated monthly. All other information is updated when more recent data is published (every few months). Hope this…

    2022 · searchaway.co

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    Know what's being built near you before it breaks ground

    Mar 2026 · permitradar.io

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    Know your apartment before you sign the lease

    Apr 2026 · rentsift.com

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    Find out who you are as an NYC driver

    Apr 2026 · streetintel.nyc

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