Connect Motley NYC — Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions and your agent gets 15 tools, among them browse-schools, compare-neighborhoods, explain-admissions-method. It answers at https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 6 of 6 times since 12 September 2026; the last check, on 24 October 2026, succeeded.
Find, compare, and rank NYC neighborhoods and schools, plus how NYC school admissions works.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
browse-schools | Find NYC schools citywide by what a family wants — borough, community school district (1-32), grade band (pre-K/elementary/middle/high), school type (public/charter/private), admissions method (zoned, screened, unscreened, limited unscreene Inputs: borough, district, grade_band, governance, admissions_method, program_categories |
compare-neighborhoods | Compare 2–6 NYC neighborhoods side by side across the 9 family-fit metrics (Family Fit, Families, Affordability, Schools, Neighborhood Character, Transit, Safety, Health, Activities). Pass an array of NTA codes; returns a per-metric matrix Inputs: nta_codes |
explain-admissions-method | Explain one NYC admission entry point or method in full — the plain-English explainer, its typical deadline window, and, when the method asks a family for more than a ranked application, exactly what it requires (audition or portfolio, SHSA Inputs: method |
find-neighborhood | Find which NYC neighborhood (NTA) an address or coordinate is in. Pass a NYC address (geocoded via OpenStreetMap) OR lat+lng. Returns the NTA code, name, borough, and a decision-ready family-fit summary. Use this to turn a real-world locati Inputs: address, lat, lng |
get-activities | Get kids' activities and businesses in a neighborhood — classes, sports, arts, tutoring, etc. from Foursquare data. Use count_only for category breakdown, or limit/offset to page the full list (reports total/returned). Each place's last_ref Inputs: nta_code, count_only, limit, offset |
get-admissions-demand | Get how competitive admission to one specific school is, program by program: seats vs. applicants, applicants-per-seat, offer/fill rate, and a family-readable competitiveness tier (Accessible / Competitive / Highly Competitive). Pass a scho Inputs: dbn |
get-admissions-methods | Get the full NYC school-admissions reference: every entry point from 3-K and Pre-K through Kindergarten, Gifted & Talented, and the 8 middle/high admission methods (SHSAT, audition, screened, Ed-Opt, limited unscreened, unscreened, zoned, c Inputs: band, governance |
get-comparable | Find neighborhoods most similar to a given one based on a 9-dimension score vector (family density, wealth, education, safety, transit, etc.). Returns similarity scores. Inputs: nta_code, limit |
get-neighborhood | Get full details for a single NYC neighborhood including demographics, raw 0-100 scores, location, and a family-readable interpretation (labeled score bands + cached editorial blurbs). Use the nta_code from search-neighborhoods. Inputs: nta_code |
get-neighborhood-summary | Get a decision-ready, family-readable summary of one NYC neighborhood: a one-paragraph fit verdict, labeled score bands (e.g. 'Peace of Mind: strong (78/100)'), and cached editorial blurbs — with raw scores still available. The interpretati Inputs: nta_code |
get-resources | Get family resource counts for a neighborhood: recreation centers, playgrounds, libraries, hospitals, farmers markets, ADA subway stations. Inputs: nta_code |
get-safety | Get safety and health environment indicators for a neighborhood: crime complaints, collisions, HPD violations, air quality, lead levels, asthma rates — plus a family-readable interpretation of the Peace of Mind and Air & Water Quality score Inputs: nta_code |
get-schools | Get schools within a neighborhood — public, charter, and private. Includes quality ratings, grade levels, contact info. Use count_only for a quick summary, or limit/offset to page the full list (the response reports total/returned). Inputs: nta_code, count_only, limit, offset |
rank-neighborhoods | Rank NYC neighborhoods by what a family cares about. Pass per-metric weights (family density, schools, affordability, neighborhood character, transit, safety, air & water quality) and/or ranked priority keywords; optionally scope to one bor Inputs: weights, priorities, borough, limit, min_population |
search-neighborhoods | Search and filter NYC neighborhoods by borough or name. Returns NTA codes, names, boroughs, and centroid coordinates. Inputs: borough, query, limit |
Every block below points at https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http motley-nyc-neighborhoods-schools https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp
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"url": "https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp"
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}name: Motley NYC — Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions
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schema: v1
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"url": "https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp"
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}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.motley.nyc%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=motley-nyc-neighborhoods-schools&name=Motley%20NYC%20%E2%80%94%20Neighborhoods%2C%20Schools%20%26%20Admissions
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 317 ms. Over 6 checks since 12 September 2026 it answered 6. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
Yes. It is published by motley.nyc and served from mcp.motley.nyc, the vendor's own domain: https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp.
15, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 23 September 2026: browse-schools, compare-neighborhoods, explain-admissions-method, find-neighborhood, get-activities, get-admissions-demand, get-admissions-methods, get-comparable, and 7 more.
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 317 ms. Over 6 checks since 12 September 2026 it answered 6.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: nyc.motley. Endpoint host: mcp.motley.nyc. ARD identifier: urn:air:nyc.motley:mcp:mcp.
First indexed 10 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.