# Motley NYC — Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions

- Registry name: `nyc.motley/mcp` · version 0.11.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Health & fitness, Education, Maps, location & weather
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): completions, logging, prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=nyc.motley%2Fmcp
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/nyc.motley--mcp.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

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

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `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

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