Ask Motley Intelligence about NYC schools and neighborhoods.

Ask in plain English and we answer from the same city data the rest of Motley runs on — school quality and admissions methods, neighborhood safety and demographics, and how each admissions route actually works. It looks things up rather than guessing, and it will tell you when it doesn't have the answer.

What you can ask

• Which Brooklyn middle schools have a strong arts program?
• Tell me about Park Slope for a family with a toddler.
• How does kindergarten admissions work in New York City?
• What is the SHSAT, and which schools use it?
• Find elementary schools in District 15.
• What does “screened” mean on a high school program?
• Which Queens neighborhoods have the most parks?
• How do charter school lotteries work?