Sources and licenses
Every dataset and outlet NK15068 draws on, with licenses and the dates the research was compiled.
Map data and licenses
- Overture Maps Foundation — places, buildings, transportation, addresses, divisions, base · CDLA-Permissive-2.0 / ODbL (OpenStreetMap-derived layers) · release 2026-08-19.0
- OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
- US Census TIGER/Line ZCTA5 (ZIP 15068 boundary) · Public domain
- Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen terrarium; USGS 3DEP / SRTM) · Public domain / attribution
The map data was built Sept. 23, 2026: 1,256 places, 790 named streets, 19,242 buildings and 16,051 address points. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, Overture Maps Foundation.
Research
- News briefs, city offices, parks and places to eat: compiled Sept. 23, 2026. 20 news briefs, 21 public offices, 10 parks and 32 places to eat and drink.
- History: compiled Sept. 23, 2026. 61 dated events, 9 neighborhoods, 18 landmarks, 8 yearly events and 21 notable people.
- Lost and found pet contacts and tips: checked Sept. 23, 2026. 18 contacts and 6 tips.
Each entry links to where it was published.
Crime, crash and police data
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting figures, 2000–2024, for each department, as compiled by Jacob Kaplan (crimedatatool_helper): offenses, clearances, arrests and staffing.
- PennDOT crash records, 2005–2024: crashes that killed or seriously injured someone, 150 in the three cities.
- The Washington Post’s database of fatal police shootings: 2 in the three cities.
- The police blotter: 43 incidents from 8 news outlets, each placed on its block, a corner, a named place or just the street, and linked to the report.
Outlets cited
94 outlets, agencies and websites, with how many of their pages and articles we cite:
- Valley News Dispatch (TribLive) 36
- TribLive community news 19
- Wikipedia 14
- FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan 13
- WPXI 11
- CrimeWatch 10
- City of Lower Burrell 9
- Tribune-Review archive 9
- Westmoreland County 9
- CBS News Pittsburgh 8
- Library of Congress 6
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 5
- City of Arnold 4
- Lower Burrell police 4
- facebook.com 3
- PA Dept. of Agriculture 3
- psu.edu 3
- yelp.com 3
- Animal Protectors 2
- AVETS 2
- Census Reporter 2
- cinematreasures.org 2
- Data USA 2
- Find Toby in PA 2
- newkensington.psu.edu 2
- pa.gov 2
- Parnassus Pen 2
- PawBoost 2
- Petco Love 2
- Pittsburgh Magazine 2
- Police Scorecard 2
- ReadyLink 2
- ridc.org 2
- AAHA 1
- ahn.org 1
- apps.westmorelandcountypa.gov 1
- ASPCA 1
- BluePearl 1
- bridgewaycapital.org 1
- Britannica 1
- Census Bureau 1
- City of New Kensington 1
- commonovenpizza.com 1
- countyoffice.org 1
- farmhousefreshpgh.com 1
- foxspizza.com 1
- glassdoor.com 1
- golaurelhighlands.com 1
- GuideStar 1
- gusfrancospizza.square.site 1
- Historical Marker Database 1
- historicbridges.org 1
- hoodline.com 1
- Humane Society of Westmoreland County 1
- kneadcommunitycafe.org 1
- legion.org 1
- locator.wizards.com 1
- luckyduckcandy.com 1
- mycompanies.fandom.com 1
- National Center for Education Statistics 1
- neighborhoodscout.com 1
- Network of Care 1
- New Kensington Redevelopment Authority 1
- newkensingtoncatholic.org 1
- nkasd.com 1
- officer.com 1
- Parade entry form (PDF) 1
- PennDOT crash data 1
- Peoples Library 1
- perrydipizzaman.com 1
- petmicrochiplookup.org 1
- Pittsburgh Regional Transit 1
- pmpizza1.netwaiter.com 1
- police1.com 1
- radio.wpsu.org 1
- rauhjewisharchives.org 1
- rebuildmanufacturing.com 1
- sah-archipedia.org 1
- Spotlight PA 1
- steelcupcoffee.com 1
- structurae.net 1
- TribLive 1
- tripadvisor.com 1
- unionprogress.com 1
- USPS 1
- villaballanca.com 1
- voodoobrewery.com 1
- vpfymca.org 1
- Washington Post 1
- WESA 1
- westmoreland.edu 1
- westmorelandtransit.com 1
- wiki.radioreference.com 1
- zip-codes.com 1
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