Flock & ALPR Cameras in Queens County, New York
Volunteers have reported 413 automated license plate readers across Queens County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 8 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 8 Pelco camera newly reported
- Oct 8 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Pelco camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Flatlands, NY. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Flatlands
📷 40 new license plate readers just reported around Bronxville, NY. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Bronxville
How Queens County compares nationally
Queens County ranks #1,621 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 2,330,124 residents and 737 miles of county roads — 1.3175 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Queens County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Queens County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Queens
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.