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License plate readers in New York, NY

Volunteers have documented 1,345 automated license plate readers inside New York. No other New York city in this index has more, and New York alone accounts for 29% of every reader documented in the state. At 4.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 86% of the 2,400 US cities indexed nationally. Leonardo/ELSAG holds the largest share here at 15%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 870 on poles and 110 on gantries.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 7, 2026.

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  • 1,345

    readers documented

  • 4.5

    per square mile

  • 1st

    of 57 indexed New York cities · 2nd of 2,400 nationally

  • 29%

    of New York’s documented total

Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Who makes them

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What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
1,336 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
NYC Department of Transportation (594), New York City Police Department (215), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (79). All 725 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
How they’re mounted
pole (870), gantry (110), street lamp (106), Pole (18), bridge (8)
Coverage area
300.5 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

Learn more: How to spot a Leonardo/ELSAG camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare

These locations were documented in the field by OpenStreetMap volunteers and refresh automatically every six hours. They are evidence of where cameras have been seen — not a complete or official inventory, and cameras may have been added or removed since documentation. Corrections happen upstream: edit OpenStreetMap and this page will update. Read more in our methodology, or download the aggregates in bulk.