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Motley NYC — Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions

nyc.motley/mcp · v0.11.0

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Find, compare, and rank NYC neighborhoods and schools, plus how NYC school admissions works.

Connect

claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools as reported by the server

• search-neighborhoods
  Search and filter NYC neighborhoods by borough, by name (typos and nicknames like 'Bed-Stuy' or 'UWS' included), or by a description of what a family wants nearby ('near the water', 'brownstones and big parks'). Returns NTA codes, names, boroughs, and centroid coordinates; with a query, name matches
• get-neighborhood
  Get full details for a single NYC neighborhood including demographics, raw 0-100 scores, location, and a family-readable interpretation (labeled score bands + cached editorial blurbs). Use the nta_code from search-neighborhoods.
• get-neighborhood-summary
  Get a decision-ready, family-readable summary of one NYC neighborhood: a one-paragraph fit verdict, what stands out and what to weigh among its Family Fit scores (`tradeoffs`), labeled score bands (e.g. 'Peace of Mind: strong (78/100)'), and cached editorial blurbs — with raw scores still available,
• get-schools
  Get schools within a neighborhood — public, charter, and private. Includes each school's Motley ratings out of 100 (elementary and middle schools on grades 3-8 state tests, high schools on graduation and Regents results; ratings_note says how each is built), grade levels, contact info. Use count_onl
• browse-schools
  Find NYC schools citywide by what a family wants — borough, community school district (1-32), grade band (pre-K/elementary/middle/high), school type (public/charter/private), admissions method (zoned, screened, unscreened, limited unscreened, ed-opt, audition, SHSAT, charter lottery, private, univer
• find-school
  Use this to turn a school's name into its DBN — the official name, a common short form ('Brooklyn Tech', 'PS 321'), or a DBN to confirm. Returns candidate schools with their district, neighborhood, admission method, Motley ratings out of 100 (ratings_note says how each is built) and Motley page; pic
• get-zoned-school
  Use this when a family asks which elementary school is zoned for a specific NYC address, such as an apartment or building they name. NYC draws school zones building by building, so pass the street address exactly as they typed it — building number and street, ideally with the borough — never the dev
• get-resources
  Get family resource counts for a neighborhood: recreation centers, playgrounds, libraries, hospitals, farmers markets, ADA subway stations.
• get-activities
  Get kids' activities and businesses in a neighborhood — classes, sports, arts, tutoring, etc. Use count_only for category breakdown, or limit/offset to page the full list (reports total/returned). Each place's last_refreshed is when we last confirmed it was still listed.
• get-safety
  Get safety and health environment indicators for a neighborhood: crime complaints, collisions, HPD violations, air quality, lead levels, asthma rates — plus a family-readable interpretation of the Peace of Mind and Air & Child Health scores.
• get-comparable
  Find neighborhoods most similar to a given one based on a 9-dimension score vector (family density, wealth, education, safety, transit, etc.). Returns similarity scores.
• find-neighborhood
  Find which NYC neighborhood (NTA) an address or coordinate is in. Pass a NYC address the family gave (placed with NYC's official address directory; include the borough when you know it) OR lat+lng. Returns the NTA code, name, borough, a link to the neighborhood's Motley page, and a decision-ready fa
• rank-neighborhoods
  Rank NYC's residential neighborhoods by what a family cares about — the same ranking as Best fit on motley.nyc. Pass ranked priority words, most important first: families, schools, affordability, character, getting-around, safety, air-and-health (and synonyms such as crime, rent, transit, commute, k
• compare-neighborhoods
  Compare 2–6 NYC neighborhoods side by side across the 9 family-fit metrics (Family Fit, Families, Affordability, Schools, Neighborhood Character, Transit, Safety, Health, Activities). Pass an array of NTA codes; returns a per-metric matrix with each neighborhood's band and the per-metric leader, plu
• explain-score
  Use this when a family asks how one of Motley's scores is computed — a neighborhood score (Family Fit, Schools, Safety / Peace of Mind, Affordability, Getting Around, Neighborhood Character, Air & Child Health, Things to Do) or the school rating — or whether the scores are biased toward wealthier ar
• find-collections
  Use this when a family asks for lists of NYC schools or neighborhoods picked by a rule rather than a ranking: zoned schools that beat their district while serving high-need students; high school programs with more seats per applicant; schools where no group is a majority and families rate them highl
• find-places
  Use this when a family asks what's in one NYC neighborhood, or where a kind of place is in it: a library, playgrounds, subway stations or bus stops, coffee, groceries, restaurants, things to do, family resources (rec centers, farmers markets), healthcare (pediatricians, urgent care, hospitals, denti
• get-admissions-methods
  Get the full NYC school-admissions reference: every entry point from 3-K and Pre-K through Kindergarten, Gifted & Talented, and the 8 middle/high admission methods (SHSAT, audition, screened, Ed-Opt, limited unscreened, unscreened, zoned, charter lottery) — each with its typical application window.
• explain-admissions-method
  Explain one NYC admission entry point or method in full — the plain-English explainer, its typical deadline window, and, when the method asks a family for more than a ranked application, exactly what it requires (audition or portfolio, SHSAT registration, a demonstrated-interest sign-in, a private s
• get-admissions-demand
  Use this when a family asks how a specific school admits students or how hard it is to get in. Returns the school's admission method in full (what it asks of a family, and when), its programs with seats and who may apply, and — where NYC MySchools publishes them — seats vs. applicants per program wi
• get-admissions-timeline
  Use this when a family asks what's coming for their child — which NYC school applications (3-K, Pre-K, Kindergarten, Gifted & Talented, middle school, high school) they'll make, and when. Pass each child's current grade, or an age (0–5) for a child not in school yet. Returns every transition in the

Tool changes

• 2026-10-24: search-neighborhoods, get-neighborhood, get-neighborhood-summary, get-schools, browse-schools, find-school, get-zoned-school, get-resources, get-activities, get-safety, get-comparable, find-neighborhood
• 2026-10-23: search-neighborhoods, get-neighborhood, get-neighborhood-summary, get-schools, browse-schools, find-school, get-zoned-school, get-resources, get-activities, get-safety, get-comparable, find-neighborhood
• 2026-10-21: search-neighborhoods, get-neighborhood, get-neighborhood-summary, get-schools, browse-schools, find-school, get-zoned-school, get-resources, get-activities, get-safety, get-comparable, find-neighborhood
• 2026-10-19: search-neighborhoods, get-neighborhood, get-neighborhood-summary, get-schools, browse-schools, find-school, get-zoned-school, get-resources, get-activities, get-safety, get-comparable, find-neighborhood
• 2026-10-17: search-neighborhoods, get-neighborhood, get-neighborhood-summary, get-schools, browse-schools, find-school, get-zoned-school, get-resources, get-activities, get-safety, get-comparable, find-neighborhood
• 2026-10-16: search-neighborhoods, get-neighborhood, get-neighborhood-summary, get-schools, browse-schools, find-school, get-zoned-school, get-resources, get-activities, get-safety, get-comparable, find-neighborhood

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