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Five cameras on NYC streets. Well, now you know.

NYC streets have five kinds of cameras, and only three can mail you a notice. What each one records, what the fines are, and how Coordn8 maps them.

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Most drivers think "camera" means one thing. On New York City streets it means five, and three of them can mail you a notice.

We went to the city's own records to find out where camera violations come from. New York publishes every parking and camera violation on NYC Open Data, from the Department of Finance. Each camera violation says what kind of camera issued it and where.

The receipt

In roughly the first three months of the city's 2027 fiscal year (from July 1, 2026), the records show about:

  • 1.07 million school-zone speed camera violations
  • 380,000 red light camera violations
  • 106,000 bus lane camera violations

Those are violations issued, not drivers and not dollars collected.

The three that can mail you a notice

| Camera | What it records | Fine | |---|---|---| | Speed | Speeding, mostly in school zones | $50 | | Red light | Entering an intersection after the light turns red | $50, charged to the registered owner, no license points | | Bus lane | Driving or stopping in a camera-enforced bus lane | $50 the first time, rising to $250 for repeats within 12 months |

The two that don't

  • License plate readers, such as Flock cameras, record the plates that pass.
  • NYC DOT traffic cameras are live video for watching traffic, and DOT says they don't record.

Neither one issues tickets. They raise different questions: who runs them, and what gets kept. We covered those on The Alternate Side.

What changed in Coordn8

Until now, the speed cameras we could show came from community mapping, and there were about 75 of them for the whole city. From the city's records we have now placed about 1,950 speed, 490 red light and 150 bus lane camera locations across the five boroughs.

The Coordn8 map now shows all five types, each in its own color, and you can filter by type. Locations are approximate, so a camera can be up to a block from its marker. We keep adding cameras as new data comes in.

The routine stays simple: check what's on your route before you drive, read the signs, slow down in school zones, stay out of camera-enforced bus lanes, and stop on red.

Know before you go.

Listen: The Alternate Side, Episode 6, "Five Cameras. Well, Now You Know." Hosted by Coordn8's AI voices, Nina and Marcus.

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