Block·Block

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For New York, by New Yorkers

The greatest city in the world runs on its people.

Block by Block turns neighborhood pride into a plan. Say what your block needs, celebrate what works, and give the city a map of what really matters — straight from the sidewalk.

Block by Block is an app for the city. Install it straight from this site — no app store, no account, no tracking.

Your voice, in 30 seconds

No account, no forms, seven languages. If you can stand on a sidewalk, you can be heard.

Privacy is the design

No tracking, no profiles, locations blurred to the block. Ask what we hold about you: almost nothing.

No app store, no gatekeepers

Installed straight from the web. A civic tool belongs to the public — not to a platform, not to a vendor.

Praise what works

A city learns from what breaks — and from what's worth protecting. “Working well” reports show the city which investments to refund and replicate.

The look is borrowed from the street

Every color on this screen is an homage to New York's own visual language — the one the city wrote for itself, long before any brand book.

Taxi yellow

The yellow cab: motion, hustle, a city that never parks.

MetroCard blue

The swipe that carried generations to work, to school, back home.

Bodega red

The corner-store awning — lights on late, the block's living room.

Subway tile

White tile on dark grout: a century of craft under the streets.

Civic pride is a public work

New Yorkers show up — for their neighbors, their stoops, their corners. Every report is a small act of participation. Together they become the city's to-do list, and its highlight reel.

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311 service requests in the district, last 12 months
NYC Open Data · 2026-07-27
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languages, day one
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pilot district: Astoria, Queens

Democratic guarantees, by design

Transparent, auditable priorities. Traceable public statuses. Open data in and out. Anonymous by default, moderated only for personal data and abuse — never for opinions. Free technology for free communities: participation without gatekeepers.

Transparency

Built for administrations that deliver

Signals become planning: explainable priorities, budget gaps in the open, and evidence for what deserves more funding. We help the city do exactly what the city needs.

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