The Local Surveillance Map · NEW YORK
2,097 cameras mapped inside the New York metro — 2,016 license plate readers and 81 speed cameras. 2 of them are run by Flock Safety. Penguin is a navigation app for iPhone that shows every one of them on your route and routes you past less of it.
2,097Cameras mapped
2Flock Safety
81Speed cameras
The live map failed to load. The data stands: 2,097 cameras mapped in the New York metro — 2 Flock Safety, 81 speed cameras. See the raw tiles.
Operator Breakdown
NYC Department of Transportation
550 cameras
New York City Police Department
222 cameras
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
79 cameras
New York Police Department
42 cameras
Hempstead Police Department
41 cameras
934 of the 2,097 mapped cameras in this metro list no operator.
From the Penguin tile index, August 2026.
The App
Every trip, Penguin computes three routes and counts the cameras on each — fastest, balanced, private. You pick the trade. No account, and your trips stay on your iPhone.
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