The restaurant needs to score below 28 to be considered fit. NYC has 1,660 restaurants that score over 28, and that’s what this tool alerts you about. It works with Foursquare check-ins, and is developed by Max Stoller, a computer science student at New York University.

Whenever you enter a restaurant that the app considers unfit, you will get a text message alert from the app. The obvious requirements are that the phone should be connected to the Internet and you should be signed into Foursquare.

Features

• App that tells you where you shouldn’t eat in NYC.
• Works with Foursquare.
• Sends a text message when you enter a restaurant that could close soon.
• Similar tools: SporkNYC and CleanScores.

Check out Don’t Eat At @ www.donteat.at (by Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Roadify is a free web service that helps NYC residents  find parking space. The spots are updated by the site’s own members. In exchange for sharing spots members are rewarded points known on the site as “Street Carma”. Members can join one of many groups on the site and use their earned points to get various offers such as a free coffee, a pizza slice, a gift voucher, or anything else the group offers.

In addition to sharing parking spots, members can share actual bus timings as well. This can help people stay updated on bus delays and see if they will be able to make it to their destination in time via a bus. Street Carma points are rewarded to bus time sharers as well. You can view the top spot and time sharing members and teams through a ranking system on the website.

An SMS based system is adopted to provide the information to users. First you will need to register your phone number with the site; then you can use the phone to send a message in a specific format and obtain information regarding nearby parking spots and actual bus timings. The SMS system helps all cellphone owners make use of the service, not just smartphone owners.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Lets people find and share available parking places in nyc.
• Lets people find and share actual bus timings.
• You earn points for sharing parking spots and bus timings.
• Earned points can get you free products and services from the groups on the website.
• Valid for NYC only.
• Similar tools: ParkWhiz, OpenSpot, CarParkingPlace, Tixsux, BestParking, PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out Roadify @ www.roadify.com

SporkNYC gets its information from the publicly-accessible NYC Datamine, but arranges it in an easy-to-search database. Simply type the name or the address of the restaraunt you want to know about and you’ll be informed of all their recent transgressions. Using this data you can make your decision about where to eat that much more informed.

Features

- Easy to search database of restaurant health code violations.
- Data from New York City’s Datamine.
- Glossary of terms relevant to understanding health code violations.
- Flash-based interface

Check out SporkNYC.

Moreover, it lets you search by additional criteria such as commute time, price per square feet and provides important relevant information like public school information, market data, neighborhood photos and other to help you make an informed choice. Sign up to save your searches and favorite listings.

Features:

• Search apartments sales and rentals in New York and surrounding areas (Hamptons, North Jersey)
• Search and filter results by price, apartment type, # of bedrooms and region.
• Use additional search criteria such as commute time, price per square feet, local public school information, neighborhood pictures and other relevant information.
• Browse popular searches – “Most expensive”, “Least expensive”, “Most recent apartments for sale” etc.
• Check out site’s New Development Directory for NYC’s most complete information on new building projects.
• Sign up to save your searches and favorite listings for reference.
• Similar websites: RentBits, MyApartmentMap, PadMapper and some others.

Check out StreetEasy @ www.streeteasy.com

You can search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction. All available parking facilities near the search destination will be presented on a map along with the list that can be sorted by name and distance. Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.

As it was mentioned above BestParking also covers parking garages in every major U.S. airport enabling you find cheap parking spaces there as well.

Features:

• Compare and find cheap parking in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and all major airports.
• Both short-term and long-term parking rates are available.
• Search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction.
• Sort parking spaces by name, distance and price.
• Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.
• Mobile friendly version supported at mobile.bestparking.com.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar websites: PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out BestParking @ www.bestparking.com

To find a safe bike routes in NYC first type your starting and finish points and then hit on the Enter button to get the safest route. Routes include detailed directions, total distance and travel time estimates. If you don’t know the exact address of route start/end points then simply drag-and-drop the bike icon through the map and RideTheCity will generate the route for you.

Features:

• Finds safe bike route between any two points in New York City.
• Get detailed route directions, total distance and travel time.
• Excludes roads that are not meant for biking.
• Get bike directions on your mobile phone via SMS.
• Share safe bike routes with friends.
• Bike routes for Chicago and Austin coming soon.
• Free, no sign up needed.
• Similar websites: Bikely.

Check out RideTheCity @ www.ridethecity.com

Zoom in closer to view all the restaurants in a particular neighborhood and click on the mark to get more information about the place: view inside pictures, prices, working hours, special features and read the profile on New York Magazine website.

Features:

• View over 3600 new york restaurants and bars on a Google map.
• Listed restaurants covered and profiled in New York Magazine.
• View restaurants in different neighborhoods, filter them by their star rating, price range, type of cuisine and special features.
• For each restaurant see inside pictures, menu prices, working hours, special features and read the profile from New York Magazine website.

Check out NYCFoodMap @ www.nycfoodmap.com

The time estimations are derived from Metropolitan Transit Authority station-to-station commute time data and walking calculations.

Faetures.

• View NYC journey time map for any two points.
• Compare travel maps for two different addresses side by side.
• Includes Google’s local search.
• No registration needed.

Check out Triptrop NYC @ www.triptropnyc.com

To estimate the fare for your route, simply enter starting and final destination points and click “Go!” button. Next it’ll give you the estimate and show the driving route on the map.

If necessary you can also see the driving directions.

You might also want to check out a Google Ride Finder. It lets you search for available taxis, shuttles and limousines in your locality. It gives you the actual location of each vehicle in the area. Works with about 10 major cities in United Sates, including New York.

Go to TaxiMe @ www.taxime.ca

To locate all nearby 24 hour open stores, simply go to the website, enter your zip code and click “Go” button. Next you should be presented with an area map listing all of the 24 hour open places. Double click on any area on the map to see up to 20 nearest stores.

At the moment 2itch works only in Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York City.

You can restrict yous searches to include only restaurants, stores, pharmacies, gas stations, fast food joints, grocery stores, hospitals, animal care centers, activity centers, casinos, bars and clubs, business services and more.

Check out 2itch @ www.2itch.com