Flock & ALPR Cameras in Plainedge, New York
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Plainedge — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Plainedge in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:57 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Plainedge
The readers mapped around Plainedge break down as 1 Ekin. Every report here dates to May 2026.
- Hicksville Road — 1 reader
Plainedge in the Nassau County picture
Nassau County has 331 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,226 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,388,138 residents and 3,157 road miles. By road density that is 0.10 cameras per road mile, in the top 4.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Plainedge
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Plainedge — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Plainedge (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Plainedge
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Plainedge
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).