Check the quickest way there...
You'll definitely get rained on, but there should still be a few scaffolds.
Go from A to B with more shelter using NYC's sidewalk-shed data.
NYCscaffoldsmapped
About
A little gift toNew Yorkers.
I've lived in New York for most of my life, and obviously, we walk everywhere. Rain doesn't mean there aren't still errands to run or places to be.
Scaffolds are dark, they're up forever, and nobody really likes them. But when it rains, they can actually be a nice reprieve (especially if you're familiar enough with the neighborhood that you can chain them together). Remembering the street with the really long scaffold almost feels like insider knowledge.
This idea had been bouncing around in my head for years, so I made RainRoute as a gift to New Yorkers: my little contribution to the city.
How it works
Scaffolds are tracked pretty well!
We pull the latest data of active sidewalk sheds from the city's public data and, after a little processing, map and route through as many as a savvy New Yorker (like yourself) could reasonably walk through.
City permit records
We check the city's active shed records. Street conditions can change before the records do.
Estimated coverage
City records help us estimate each shed's block and side of the street. Mapped coverage is not a guarantee of shelter.
Multiple options
See the quickest walk, maximum coverage, or something in between.
Scaffolding, by the numbers
years · oldest active shed
active shed miles
average days standing
(they never come down!)
Snapshot figures · source date unavailable. See the city map for current totals.
View the city's current active shed mapYou've got places to be, rain or shine