Find and compare NYC neighborhoods and schools, understand admissions methods and competitiveness.
Search NYC neighborhoods by borough or name, get detailed demographics and family-fit scores, browse schools by type and admissions method, compare neighborhoods side by side, and learn how NYC school admissions works from pre-K through high school.
Try asking Muse: "Help me find family-friendly neighborhoods in Brooklyn with good schools and safe streets."
Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (nyc.motley/mcp) · First listed September 24, 2026
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Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Copy the request below and paste it into Muse. Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.
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https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcpResponse time at the last check: 554ms. Worked in 99.5% of checks over 30 days.
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search-neighborhoodsSearch 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 aget-neighborhoodGet 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-summaryGet 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 scoget-schoolsGet 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, contactbrowse-schoolsFind 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, zone priority, unscreened, limited unscreened, screened, language criteria, ed-find-schoolUse 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) get-zoned-schoolUse 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 borget-resourcesGet family resource counts for a neighborhood: recreation centers, playgrounds, libraries, hospitals, farmers markets, ADA subway stations.get-activitiesGet 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-safetyGet 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-comparableFind 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-neighborhoodFind 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, andrank-neighborhoodsRank 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,compare-neighborhoodsCompare 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 peexplain-scoreUse 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 biasedfind-collectionsUse 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 famifind-placesUse 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 caget-admissions-methodsGet the full NYC school-admissions reference: every entry point from 3-K and Pre-K through Kindergarten, Gifted & Talented, and the 10 admission methods (SHSAT, audition, screened, language criteria, Ed-Opt, limited unscreened, unscreened, zone priority, zoned, charter lottery) —explain-admissions-methodExplain 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 get-admissions-demandUse 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. appliget-admissions-timelineUse 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 everhttps://mcp.motley.nyc/mcpNot in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Motley, NYC Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.
At the last check (November 13, 2026, 18:45 UTC) the endpoint was working, answering in 554ms. Over the last 7 days it answered 100% of health checks. It is checked every 15 minutes.
It was screened on September 24, 2026 with the result "screened, no issues found". Screening checks the domain against threat feeds and reads the tools for hidden instructions and requests for passwords or card numbers. It cannot see the server's code, so grant only the access you need.
It exposes 21 tools, including search-neighborhoods, get-neighborhood, get-neighborhood-summary, get-schools. For example, you could ask Muse: "Help me find family-friendly neighborhoods in Brooklyn with good schools and safe streets."
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