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Flock & ALPR Cameras in University Heights, New York

Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around University Heights — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

Jurisdiction · by recorded street address

The 5 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of University Heights, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside University Heights itself.

The rest sit in New York (5).

5 of them name an operator in the record: NYC Department of Transportation (3), New York City Department of Transportation (1), New York City Police Department (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.

Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.

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Reported cameras nearby
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of New York’s reported cameras
Live camera map 2 reported cameras around University Heights, New York
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Camera Watch Recently reported near University Heights

No new reports near University Heights in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 01:08 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in University Heights

The readers mapped around University Heights break down as 4 Ekin Box Spotter, 1 Leonardo. Named operators in the reports: NYC Department of Transportation, New York City Police Department, New York City Department of Transportation. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.

  • Broadway — 2 readers
  • University Heights Bridge — 1 reader
  • West Fordham Road — 1 reader
  • West 207th Street — 1 reader

University Heights in the Bronx County picture

Bronx County has 121 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,831 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,419,250 residents and 253 road miles. By road density that is 0.48 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.1% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic. Operators named on the record: NYC Department of Transportation (3), New York City Police Department (1), New York City Department of Transportation (1).

What’s watching University Heights

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 University Heights — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to University Heights (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in University Heights

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.

Cameras near University Heights

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).