New York City underground utility map
See what's likely under any New York City street: water mains, sewers, gas, electric and telecom lines, drawn in 3D from the city's own public records. Free, with no account.
Open the New York City mapWhere the lines come from
Street permits show which utility dug on which block. Subsola reads NYC DOT’s Street Construction Permits (2022 to present) and Street Construction Permits (2013 to 2021). Con Edison, National Grid and Verizon don't publish where their lines run, so their gas, electric and telecom lines are placed on the blocks those permits name, at the depths the codes require. Each line on the map says how it was placed and how sure that is.
New York publishes no water main or sewer locations at all, so every line here is placed from permits, with hydrants and catch basins from DEP marking where water and sewer must run.
Lead service lines
DEP's inventory gives the service line material for each tax lot, so the lot report says whether a building's water line is lead.
Before you dig, call 811
Subsola is research, not a utility locate. New York law requires a free locate request to New York 811 two full working days before digging, so the utilities can mark their lines on the ground.
Sources
- Street Construction Permits (2022 to present)NYC DOT. NYC Open Data, public domain.
- Street Construction Permits (2013 to 2021)NYC DOT. NYC Open Data, public domain.
- Lead Service Line Location CoordinatesNYC DEP. NYC Open Data, public domain.
The map also draws hydrants, inlets, street lights and signals, and streets and buildings, from the city's open data. Every card on the map names the record it came from.