Decision tool · Predict your outcome
Will your SLA get approved?
Type your address, pick your concept, and get an approval-probability estimate based on 4,380 real community-board dispositions across 1,495 NYC corridors. Predicts the board, the corridor's track record, dominant stipulations, and comparable venues nearby.
How the prediction works
- Your address gets geocoded via NYC Planning Geosearch — we extract lat/lng + neighborhood.
- We match it to the nearest existing venue in our dataset to identify which Community Board you're under (Dispatch covers all 59 NYC CBs).
- We normalize your street name (e.g., "5th Avenue" / "Fifth Ave") and look up our corridor index — every venue dispositioned on that street in the last 24+ months.
- We compute your effective approval rate from same-corridor history (preferred) or fall back to the full board if your corridor lacks data.
- We surface the dominant stipulations on your corridor (closing hours, no DJs, façade controls, sidewalk café tags, hotel tags, cannabis density).
Important: This is a directional estimate based on historical patterns. Every application is decided on its specific merits. CB recommendations aren't binding — the State Liquor Authority makes the final call. Use this to inform your strategy, not replace it.