Homeless Person Assistance · West 51 Street, Manhattan
21
service requests in the current reporting episode since July 28, 2026
This is continuous reporting activity, not proof that one tent remained for 39 days.
#29 of 2059 active Homeless Person Assistance approximate blocks citywide by service-request volume
Since September 2021, NYC 311 logged 489 service requests in this approximate-block record and the city closed 271, including 244 with a "nothing found" response. The reporting record remains active. Knowing is not fixing.
What repeated response has cost
~$4.7k-$19k
Estimated response labor across 335 deduplicated response-days and response classes. The lower bound assumes one worker for 30 minutes; the planning estimate assumes two workers for one hour.
335 units × $28.16/hour × 0.5-2 worker-hours
Not an audited bill. This deliberately excludes 311 intake, vehicles, supervision, contractor overhead, cleanup, shelter, and medical care because the location record does not support assigning those costs. Wage reference: NYPD published starting salary.
What we are asking for
Ensure outreach is reaching this location. Request that DHS street outreach teams make contact with the individuals here and offer shelter, services, and connections to care.
Connect people to services. The goal is stable housing and support, not removal.
Follow up in writing. Ask for a status update within 30 days on what outreach occurred and what was offered.
The city closed 244 of these reports saying nothing was found.
489
NYC 311 service requests
271
closed by the city
244
"nothing found" closures
233
new request after a closure
5.2d
avg. closure to next request
10
reporting episodes
Every red band is a reporting episode separated from the next by more than this location's adaptive quiet-window threshold. Bands do not identify a physical tent. 2021-09-05 to today.
What the record shows: the city closed 271 requests, including 244 with a "nothing found" response. The current reporting episode remains active under the published quiet-window rule. Responding agency on the requests: DHS.
How we define this spot
A report is one NYC 311 service-request record. For configured campaign addresses, positive agency observations and outreach contacts anchor occupation support. The continuity window is four times that address's median gap between all report days after support begins, bounded to 30-60 days; a longer gap between supporting observations creates an interruption candidate. A gap becomes a likely interruption only when it is at least twice the window, or at least 1.5 times the window and contains a negative-only inspection. Same-day positive and negative inspections remain visible as conflicts. The 0-100 confidence result weights report frequency, supported span, recency, and consistency. It is an evidence index, not a probability, proof of one unchanged object, or proof of cleanup. Other map locations still use the broader reporting-episode method.
Built from New York City's own 311 open data (dataset erm2-nwe9), current through 2026-09-05. This page documents a government's response to a public-safety obstruction. It is not about, and does not identify, any individual experiencing homelessness. They are failed by this inaction, not the cause of it.
Make this a public campaign.
Confirm this issue is still present and start organizing from the city-backed record.