Here’s where flock of controversial ‘Big Brother’ surveillance cameras are in NYC

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Controversial Flock surveillance cameras are nowhere to be found in New York City, but a flock of online users is still squawking about similar “Big Brother” tech on the street.

A growing nationwide backlash against Flock hit the Big Apple after a recent New York Times report highlighted DeFlock — an app that maps automated license plate readers from the company and other vendors.

Reddit users scoured the app and discovered that Big Apple’s streets are dotted with scores of license plate readers, although not from Flock, used by several government entities.

“There are no Flock cameras in New York City,” a user noted.

What the app instead revealed was the city’s vast network of license plate readers maintained by the city Department of Transportation, MTA and, most controversially, NYPD.

After the 9/11 terror attacks, the NYPD steadily built out a massive citywide surveillance network — first with private-sector security cameras, then with license plate readers.

The department’s expanded Domain Awareness System, described by the NYPD as the “largest networks of cameras, license plate readers, and radiological sensors in the world,” rolled out to every police precinct in 2013.

But the use of license plate readers drew concerns from New York Civil Liberties Union advocates, who argued more than a decade ago that the cameras come with significant privacy risks.

“With data over a longer period, with more license plate readers, and more sophisticated analytical tools, automatic license plate readers can tell an intimate story about an innocent New Yorker,” a report from the group stated.

Those decade-old concerns have only expanded in New York and nationwide with the proliferation of Flock.

“Every day, the NYPD funnels license plate reader data into the Domain Awareness System, making New Yorkers’ locations — like where you work, your doctor’s office, or house of worship — trackable and searchable for a mind-boggling five years,” said Daniel Schwarz, senior privacy and technology strategist at the NYCLU.

“Let’s be clear: no one is safer or better off when the government or anyone else logs and retains your every move.”

While the city does not contract with Flock, various Long Island communities do — such as the Village of Hempstead, where roughly 75 cameras scan its 3.7-square-mile area, according to News12.

Concerns in the Big Apple blew up in a big way when the crowdsourced DeFlock app showed the ritzy Upper West Side didn’t have a single license plate reader — a finding that captured the suspicious minds on the “conspiracy” subreddit.

“It’s all of the rich and powerful that live there,” a user posted. “Rules for thee, not for me.”

The actual answer — as first reported by the West Side Rag — is much less nefarious.

The volunteer-sourced map is simply incomplete, according to the report — which noted a law firm’s list of license plate readers showed several on the Upper West Side.

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Many Reddit users were stunned to find the Big Apple is dotted with license plate readers, except seemingly for the ritzy Upper West Side, according to the app.

NYPD rep Brad Weekes insisted to The Post that DeFlock’s mapping is “totally inaccurate.

“From my understanding, there are [Automated License Plate Readers] installed on the Upper West Side,” he said — though he was unable to provide any information on how many or where exactly they are possibly located. 

He later said he confirmed there are automated license plate readers on the Upper West Side but again declined to say where or how many.

An NYPD rep later emailed The Post and said the department would not give out such information “due to security concerns.” 

DeFlock did not respond to The Post’s multiple requests for a response to the NYPD’s claims. Their website states their data is compiled by volunteers using open-source information.

Reps for the DOT and mayor’s office did not respond to Post questions about the cameras, either.