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The Engine Behind Trakkr · 2026

The intelligence
behind every report.

TrakkRecord™ is the brain behind Trakkr. Two custom forecasts — one for safety, one for elevator and escalator reliability — built from five-plus years of public NYC transit data and delivered to anyone who asks, in under a second.

What It Is

Not a status page.
A look ahead.

Most transit apps tell you what already happened — service alerts after delays begin, outage notices after elevators break. TrakkRecord™ works the other way around. It reads the patterns in years of public NYC transit data and tells you what's likely to happen next.

The result is a station-level forecast you can pull up before you leave the house — fast enough to check on the way to the platform, from any phone, kiosk, or partner app.

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Built from five-plus years of public NYPD transit-crime records and MTA equipment logs

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Covers 371 stations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens

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Adjusted for how busy each station is — so a high-traffic station like Grand Central isn't unfairly flagged just for being crowded

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Refreshed monthly, with live MTA outage and service-alert data layered on top in real time

TrakkRecord™ · How a Lookup Works
Rider / App
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GET /v1/lookup?address=…
Trakkr Service
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Geocode → Station Match
Forecast 1
Safety
From crime records
+ how busy each station is
→ SAFE / CAUTION / HIGH RISK
Forecast 2
Equipment
From years of
elevator/escalator history
→ LOW / MONITOR / URGENT
Station Report
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Verdict + Action Plan + Live Alerts
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The Forecasts

Two forecasts. One answer.

Safety and equipment fail in different ways, so we built a separate forecast for each. The combined result gives you the full picture for any station in a single report.

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Forecast 1

Safety Outlook

Tells you whether a station is on track to be a safety hotspot over the next 90 days. Built from years of incident reports, then adjusted for how busy each station is so that high-traffic places like Grand Central aren't unfairly flagged just for having more people.

93%
of hotspots spotted in advance
5 yrs
of history behind every answer
What it looks at
Serious crime rates, per 1,000 riders
How often theft and harassment happen at the station
What's normal for the surrounding borough
Seasonal and time-of-year patterns
Whether incidents are trending up or down
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Forecast 2

Elevator & Escalator Outlook

Tells you which specific elevator or escalator at a station is likely to break down in the next 30 days. Scored unit by unit, then rolled up into a single station-level verdict you can read at a glance.

96%
of failures spotted in advance
689
units tracked across NYC
What it looks at
Each unit's outage history, going back to 2015
How long since the last major repair
How often it goes down, and for how long
Whether it's an elevator or escalator, and how busy its station is
Seasonal wear patterns
For Individuals

One search.
Your whole commute, de-risked.

TrakkRecord™ is available to every rider through Trakkr — free, no login, no setup. Enter any NYC subway station and get a plain-language safety and accessibility report in under a second.

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Know your crime risk before you board

A SAFE / CAUTION / HIGH RISK verdict tells you at a glance how your station compares to others in the borough.

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Check elevator reliability before you leave home

See which specific units at your station are predicted to be at risk — not just what's broken right now.

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Plan alternatives — not excuses

Every high-risk or urgent report comes with a plain-language action plan: reroute options, what to look for, what to avoid.

Sample TrakkRecord™ Report
Station
Jay St–MetroTech · Brooklyn
Crime Signal
HIGH RISK
Above borough average
Equipment
MONITOR
1 unit at risk
What You Can Do
Stay near the conductor's car on the platform
Use the Court St elevator as a backup
Consider Borough Hall as an alternate exit
For Organizations

TrakkRecord™ at scale.

The same engine that powers individual lookups can be embedded into your platform, integrated into your operations, or used to drive policy decisions.

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Transit Agencies

Integrate predictive failure scores into maintenance scheduling. Prioritize elevator servicing before outages happen — not after rider complaints come in. TrakkRecord™ can score all 689 units in a single batch call.

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Real Estate & Property

Add transit safety and accessibility scores to property listings near subway stations. Give renters and buyers data that matters — proximity to a SAFE station is a selling point; proximity to a HIGH RISK one deserves transparency.

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Corporate HR & Facilities

Assessing office relocation? Support employee safety programs by surfacing transit risk scores for commute routes to your location. Know whether your building's nearest station is accessible and safe for all staff.

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Urban Planners & Policy

Station-level safety and accessibility scores across all 371 stations, available in bulk. Identify equity gaps — which neighborhoods get the most unreliable equipment? Where are crime hotspots clustered? Data for the arguments that matter.

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Journalism & Research

Journalists covering transit equity, researchers studying urban mobility, and advocates building the case for infrastructure investment. TrakkRecord™ provides traceable, reproducible, source-linked data.

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App Developers & Startups

Building a commuter app, a navigation tool, or a city-safety product? Pull TrakkRecord™ station reports straight into your product — single-station lookups, bulk requests, and live MTA alerts, all from one place.

TrakkRecord™ API · v1
# Station lookup
GET /v1/lookup?address=Grand Central
# Response
{
"station_name": "Grand Central - 42 St",
"borough": "Manhattan",
"crime_signal": {
"status": "CLEAR",
"hotspot_prob": 0.18
},
"equipment_signal": {
"status": "LOW",
"units_at_risk": 0
},
"overall_verdict": "SAFE"
}
For Builders

Plug it into anything.

Building a commuter app, a real-estate listing, a corporate dashboard? You can pull a Trakkr station report straight into your product. Every response is plain, structured data — the station, the verdict, the live MTA status, and the nearest alternatives.

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Type any address
Send a free-text NYC address — Trakkr finds the nearest station automatically.
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Nearby stations included
Every report comes with the eight nearest stations and their coordinates, ready for maps and route comparisons.
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Live MTA status bundled in
Outage status, planned work, and service alerts come back alongside Trakkr's forecast — one call, full picture.
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TrakkRecord™

The subway has the data.
We just read it better.

Try it free as a rider. Scale it as an organization.

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