Motley NYC

NYC schools + neighborhoods

Find the right New York City school, and the neighborhood around it. Motley NYC answers families' questions from Motley's data on all 262 NYC neighborhoods and on public, charter and private K-12 schools across the five boroughs.

What you can ask

Which Brooklyn neighborhoods fit a family with a toddler who wants parks, safety and good schools?
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MCP connector

Server URL: https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp
Login: None
Protocol: MCP 2025-11-25
Instructions: Motley answers families' questions about New York City neighborhoods, schools, and school admissions. Every tool is a read; no account is needed.
Resolve identifiers before using them: an nta_code from or , a school DBN from or . Never invent one.
A neighborhood is not a borough, and neither is a community school district.
When a tool can't answer (a not-found reason, a message, an empty result), relay its reason rather than guessing.
Never estimate a family's odds of admission. Applicant counts come from NYC MySchools; the competitiveness band is Motley's own, not a DOE rating.
Scores carry an as-of date (scores_as_of) and the method that made them (scores_version); mention the date when freshness matters. For how a score is computed, call or link the methodology: https://motley.nyc/data/methodology.
Parks, cemeteries, airports and institutions aren't scored. When an answer carries scores_note, relay it instead of treating the area as a neighborhood.
When citing a neighborhood or school, link its url.

Tools

Reads data21

Skills

1 in the ChatGPT listing

MCP connector

Server URL

https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp

None

Protocol

MCP 2025-11-25

Instructions

Motley answers families' questions about New York City neighborhoods, schools, and school admissions. Every tool is a read; no account is needed.

Resolve identifiers before using them: an nta_code from or , a school DBN from or . Never invent one.

A neighborhood is not a borough, and neither is a community school district.

When a tool can't answer (a not-found reason, a message, an empty result), relay its reason rather than guessing.

Never estimate a family's odds of admission. Applicant counts come from NYC MySchools; the competitiveness band is Motley's own, not a DOE rating.

Scores carry an as-of date (scores_as_of) and the method that made them (scores_version); mention the date when freshness matters. For how a score is computed, call or link the methodology: https://motley.nyc/data/methodology.

Parks, cemeteries, airports and institutions aren't scored. When an answer carries scores_note, relay it instead of treating the area as a neighborhood.

When citing a neighborhood or school, link its url.

Tools