# Motley, NYC Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions Muse connector

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## Motley, NYC Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions

Find and compare NYC neighborhoods and schools, understand admissions methods and competitiveness.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/motley-nyc-neighborhoods-schools-admissions
- Category: Research & Data
- Developer: Motley (https://motley.nyc/mcp)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 152ms, checked 2026-09-28T09:00:53Z
- Endpoint: https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-09-24T05:10:57Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (nyc.motley/mcp) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=nyc.motley%2Fmcp

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.

Example request: "Help me find family-friendly neighborhoods in Brooklyn with good schools and safe streets."

How to connect: Not 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.

Tools:
- search-neighborhoods: Search and filter NYC neighborhoods by borough or name. Returns NTA codes, names, boroughs, and centroid coordinates.
- 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, labeled score bands (e.g. 'Peace of Mind: strong (78/100)'), and cached editorial blurbs — with raw scores still available. The interpretation-first front door; start here when a f
- get-schools: Get schools within a neighborhood — public, charter, and private. Includes quality ratings, grade levels, contact info. Use count_only for a quick summary, or limit/offset to page the full list (the response reports total/returned).
- 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 lott
- 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. from Foursquare data. 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 verified it with 
- 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 & Water Quality 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 (geocoded via OpenStreetMap) OR lat+lng. Returns the NTA code, name, borough, and a decision-ready family-fit summary. Use this to turn a real-world location into a neighborhood you can pass to t
- rank-neighborhoods: Rank NYC neighborhoods by what a family cares about. Pass per-metric weights (family density, schools, affordability, neighborhood character, transit, safety, air & water quality) and/or ranked priority keywords; optionally scope to one borough. Returns the top neighborhoods with
- 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 pe
- 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 
- 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 
- get-admissions-demand: Get how competitive admission to one specific school is, program by program: seats vs. applicants, applicants-per-seat, offer/fill rate, and a family-readable competitiveness tier (Accessible / Competitive / Highly Competitive). Pass a school DBN (from get-schools). Sourced from 

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 241ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (mcp.motley.nyc, motley.nyc not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (15 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (Domain registered 136 days ago)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)