---
id: "us_nyc_bin"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["realestate", "geo"]
country: ["US"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 85
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/us_nyc_bin"
---

# New York City building identification number (BIN) (`us_nyc_bin`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Seven-digit number of a building in New York City from the Department of City Planning; the first digit is the borough (1-5). Numbers like 1000000 or 3000000, a borough digit followed by zeros, are placeholders for buildings without a BIN.

- Parent datatype: `id`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Real estate (realestate), Geographic identifiers (geo)
- Countries: United States (US)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[1-5]\d{6}(?:\.0+)?$
```

## Examples

- `1086341` — Building in Manhattan
- `3388736` — Building in Brooklyn
- `4268835.00000000000` — Stored as a decimal number
- `6086341` (invalid example) — No borough 6

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P6082`

## Sources

- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6082>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/us_nyc_bin.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/US/realestate/us_nyc_bin.yaml>