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Subway Entrances

Matt Schell edited this page Sep 2, 2020 · 2 revisions

Open Data Portal

This appears to be (almost?) a direct write from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (aka MTA) subway entrances data to standard open data endpoints.

Do you expect Staten Island Railway station entrances to appear in the subway entrances data here? Is the Staten Island Railway part of the subway system? Do you expect closed station entrances to appear in the data here?

Let's not make hay out of this, a coin toss between you and chaos. Check the download and see which way the coin flips today.

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/Subway-Entrances/drex-xx56

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

This comma separated dataset is the original source for most subway entrances datasets kicking around New York City.

http://web.mta.info/developers/data/nyct/subway/StationEntrances.csv

You will find it somewhere under this "Data Feeds" page. Accept the terms (scroll down) to unlock the goodies.

http://web.mta.info/developers/developer-data-terms.html#data

Again, ask yourself the same questions as above about whether your expectations for closed entrances and the railway out on Staten Island are met here.

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