Prototypes & tools
Working software from our posts and build nights. Every tool runs in the browser on public data.
Prototype · From the Substack
Grocery Store Siting Tool
Identifies disadvantaged census tracts with high food insecurity and strong transit connectivity, then scores vacant city-owned lots as candidate store sites. Adjust the scoring weights and the top sites re-rank live.
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Prototype · From the Substack
NYC Summons Navigator
A plain-language guide for business owners who received a City summons: pick the issuing agency, enter the dates on the ticket, and see your deadlines and all four response options explained.
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Prototype · From the Substack
NYC Affordable Housing Approvals Navigator
Pick one of three real Brooklyn affordable-housing projects, set the financing and site facts, and get a phased roadmap of every approval between you and lease-up, including the ones the subsidy itself triggers.
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Prototype · From the build night
TIDELINE Flood Tracker
A flood-risk tracker built in one night at our Civic Tech Build Night, republished here with the builders' permission.
By David A. Lee, Dean Berkowitz & Lyndsey Kaplan
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Three of these shipped alongside "The PIT Crew is the tip of the iceberg" on our Substack, and TIDELINE came out of the June build night. The posts tell the story behind each tool.
See the Substack posts →