Spatial features representing linear street name changes in New York City from the Digital City Map (DCM). These include street renamings and honorary street names established through local laws.
Format
A simple feature collection with 1,145 features and 13 fields:
- borough
Full borough name
- feat_type
Feature type (typically "Street name")
- ll_num
Local law number
- ll_sec
Local law section number
- ll_type
Local law type (e.g., "Renaming", "Honorary Name")
- lleffectdt
Local law effective date
- ll_limits
Description of the geographic limits of the name change
- limits_er
Limits error or correction notes
- repealed
Whether the local law has been repealed (Yes/No)
- repeal_dt
Repeal date if applicable
- amended
Whether the local law has been amended (Yes/No)
- amend_dt
Amendment date if applicable
- amendt_txt
Amendment text describing the changes
- geometry
Multilinestring geometry (NAD83 / New York Long Island ftUS)
Source
NYC Department of City Planning Digital City Map, October 31, 2025
https://www.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/open-data/dwn-digital-city-map.page