New York Street Food

Eating street food is one of New York’s great pleasures – the quality and variety of street food here is unparalleled.  But with over 3,000 street food vendors in New York, how do you know where to find the best street food when you’re walking around?

The New York Street Food Android app includes only the best street food vendors in New York.  It features approx. 100 of the best street food vendors, with detailed reviews of most places written exclusively by NYSF writers.

It’s easy to find the best street food in New York by using our map, vendor list, or augmented reality. You can sort food vendors by cuisine and neighborhood – and when you’re ready to eat, we even show you public seating areas where you can sit and enjoy your food.

The New York Street Food app also includes a link to our Mobile Munchies twitter feed that provides real-time Twitter updates from the gourmet food trucks that regularly move locations around the city. See if one of over 40 gourmet food trucks is currently near you, or where you can find them at that moment.

New York has the best street food in the world. You can get dumplings, jerk chicken, schnitzel, tacos, kati rolls, falafel, gyros, burgers, cheese steaks, BBQ, fried fish, pizza, kosher food and more from the best New York Street Food vendors.

After you’re done eating lunch or dinner, walk around a little, then enjoy dessert from New York Street Food vendors serving gourmet ice cream, frozen yogurt, all-natural slushes, waffles, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, coffee, tea, espresso and more.

Enjoy the best street food that New York has to offer with the New York Street Food Android app! (iPhone/iPad app coming soon.)

The winners of the NYC Big Apps competition were recently announced.   This competition was created by nyc.gov for app developers to come up with the best and most innovative ways to use information available on publicly-available nyc.gov databases.  There were $20,000 in prizes awarded, with the Grand Prize Winner for Best Overall Application receiving $5,000 and the Grand Prize Winners of the Investor’s Choice, Data Visualization and Popular Choice Awards each receiving $2,500.  All winners also receive an invitation to lunch with Mayor Bloomberg.  The Winners are:

Data Set(s) used: NJ PATH data

Find the nearest and best directions to New York City subway and NJ Path stations on your Android phone. Way to go! Wayfinder, NYC’s augmented reality app, is designed to help you locate the subway and PATH stations nearest you. Website http://www.wayfindermobile.com

Data Set(s) used: Electronics Stores, Restaurant inspection results, Weekday Traffic Updates, Weekend Traffic Updates, Directory of Hiking Trails, Directory of Ice Skating Rinks, Directory of Nature Centers, Directory of Recreation Centers, Directory of Swimming Pools, Directory of Zoos and Aquariums, Fire and Medical Response Times FY2009, Cultural center, Library Locations, Post Office Locations, Wifi Hotspot Locations

NYC Way is an iPhone application that bundles a variety of NYC resources useful for locals and tourists alike. Experience the power of 30+ NYC related iPhone apps packaged into one. NYC Way is location aware and provides you with information sorted by proximity – based on your current location. Alternatively, you can choose to search far off locations by entering any NYC zip code.  The app allows you to update your facebook status or send out a tweet about any place you visited after discovering it on NYC Way.

Website http://www.nycway.com
Video of Application http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJc4INCQz4U

Data Set(s) used: Map of Parks, Map of Baseball and Softball Diamonds, Map of Beaches, Map of Handball Courts, Map of Pools, Map of Sprayshowers, Map of Basketball Courts, Map of Golf Courses, Map of Playgrounds, Map of Soccer and Football Fields, Map of Tennis Courts, Map of Water Fountains, Map of Tracks, and Neighborhood Names.