As part of Open Data Week 2025 , Cornell Tech is hosting 2 workshops Wednesday March 26 on the subject. You’re invited to attend the workshops to learn the fundamentals of using NYC Open Data.

According to the NYC Open Data website:

Did you know there is free data about nearly every aspect of our city? Come learn how to use it with the NYC Open Data Ambassadors ! Join us for an in-person workshop hosted at Cornell Tech where youll learn the fundamentals of using NYC Open Data. This event is part of an Open Data Week series hosted by Cornell Tech learn more below.

You will gain an understanding of:


  • What NYC Open Data is!

  • How to find specific datasets

  • How to filter a dataset

  • How to visualize data in charts and graphs

  • Tools and Applications of Open Data

  • How to stay involved

Who should attend?


  • Anyone! No experience is necessary.

  • Roosevelt Island Community Members

  • Educators & Students

  • Librarians & Non-Profit Professionals

  • Local Organizers & Decision-Makers

  • City Planners and Mappers

The session will be taught by Hebah Emara, a member of NYCs Open Data Ambassadors, a program that trains volunteers to share Open Data with their fellow New Yorkers. Joining us as a special guest and co-presenter will be NYCs Chief Analytics Officer, Martha Norrick. The Ambassadors program is a collaboration between NYC Open Data and BetaNYC. To learn more, visit nyc.gov/discoveropendata.

This event is part of an Open Data Week series hosted by Cornell Tech on Wednesday, March 26 from 5-8pm. Wed love for you to join us for both sessions though it is not required! Well kick off at 5:00 pm with a hands-on Discovering NYC Open Data class from the Open Data Ambassadors , where youll learn the fundamentals of NYC Open Data. Following that, at 6:30 pm, Cornell Tech researchers and experts will discuss their real-world applications of open data, during Open Data in Action: Driving Academic Research and Government Collaboration at Cornell Tech. Join us for a post-event happy hour next door at Anything at All !

Sign up here to attend.

Here’s an intro to NYC Open Data

from BetaNYC.