Data is Fun

Data source: NYC 311 data 2010 to present: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/311-Service-Requests-from-2010-to-Present/erm2-nwe9/about_data
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I decided to look at 311 data for Bikes. There more reports then I anticipated. Complaints of snowy or icy bike lanes, chained bikes and even reports of bikes in buildings. From 2010 to present (April of 2024) there were 62 cases of bikes reported in buildings. Take a look at the visualization. The larger the bike icon the more reports of bikes in buildings at that location.

The Columbia Journalism School Chair is offering six 90 minute Zoom sessions on AI for investigative Journalism for free. Starting this Tuesday, April 16th, it runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The talks are suggested for journalists, but from the descriptions they are applicable to analysts too. Read more and get a free ticket here: Practical AI for (Investigative) Journalism.

Here is the Agenda: (Read more on their Eventbrite)

• Tuesday, April 16 – Let the robot read it! Automatic document categorization
• Thursday, April 18 – From GPT to spreadsheets: Turning LLM responses into validated, structured data
• Tuesday, April 23 – Why generative AI is a dead end for (responsible) journalism
• Thursday, April 25 – Model behavior: everything AI that is NOT a large language model
• Tuesday, April 30 – AI while avoiding the cloud: running local models
• Thursday, May 2 – Mystery session!

Here is another chart on complaints in NYC. This time it is about damaged or missing street signs. Specifically, the data is broken down into 3 categories: Damaged, Dangling and Missing. As per the chart, the “No Parking, Standing, Stopping” signs are most frequently reported missing. This data is from 2010- April 5th 2024 .

Filter the data by damage type by clicking on a bar on the bar chart or clicking on one of the complaint types in the legend.

Data Source: 311 Service Requests from 2010 to Present | NYC Open Data (cityofnewyork.us)

Reports of bedbugs in NYC. From 2019-2024. Looking at the charts it looks like a lot of bedbugs are reported at EOY around the winter months. Notice there is one zip code in queens that reports a lot of bedbugs. It is zip code 11385 which corresponds to Ridgewood, NY. Click on the charts to dynamically filter the visualization.

Data Source: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/Bedbug-Reporting/wz6d-d3jb/about_data