NYC Parks Monuments

This data is table of monuments that is maintained by NYC Parks. Prior to being stored electronically the original data was stored on index cards dating back to the 1940s. The database is updated periodically to include new monuments, and information updated for existing monuments. For questions about the dataset please contact Parks’ Art & Antiquities division at (212) 360-8143.

For the data dictionary, please follow <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YPLkiqZnifXhp6lZftSHTpGYSJ5NkIl-nGfwJAdD3P0/edit?usp=sharing"> this link</a>.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"cityofnewyork-us/nyc-parks-monuments-6rrm-vxj9\".\"nyc_parks_monuments\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.