README.md

In c1araaa/ElevatorsNYC: Data package on all registered elevator devices in NYC (2015)

ElevatorsNYC

The goal of ElevatorsNYC is to provide information about all registered elevator devices in New York City. As of November 2015, there are 76,088 elevators registered in New York City. For more information about a specific individual elevator device, go to the NYC Department of Buildings Building Information Search and enter a device number in the Elevator Device Search.

Installation

You can install the released version of ElevatorsNYC from CRAN with:

install.packages("ElevatorsNYC")

And the development version from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("c1araaa/ElevatorsNYC")

About the data

The original data was released to the public in November 2015 by the New York State Department of Buildings after FOIL request was submitted in September 2015. The data was made available by WNYC Data News Team.

data(ElevatorsNYC)

Example

tally(ElevatorsNYC$device_type)

Device Type Count Passenger Elevator (P) 66602 Freight (F) 4140 Escalator (E) 2663 Dumbwaiter (D) 1143 Sidewalk (S) 943 Private Elevator (T) 252 Handicap Lift (H) 227 Manlift (M) 73 Public Elevator (L) 45

As of 2015, there was about a total of 76,000 elevator devices in New York City.

tally(ElevatorsNYC$borough)

Borough Count Manhattan 43596 Brooklyn 13980 Queens 9683 Bronx 7575 Staten Island 1227 NA 27

As of 2015, out of the five boroughs in NYC, Manhattan has the greatest number of elevator devices.

Looking at distribution of NYC elevators and the floors at which they max out at. It is interesting to see a clear mode at 6 floors. A New York Times article explains that buildings over six stories use a pump to fill tanks. Another NYT article reports that since 1968, NYC has required builders to install elevators in all new residential buildings that have five or more stories. So, it is not surprising that an overwhelming number are elevators are built for buildings that are six stories high - hitting the perfect sweet spot of not having a water pump while having a building tall enough to install an elevator.

c1araaa/ElevatorsNYC documentation built on Dec. 31, 2020, 9:01 p.m.