Not open yet · New York City
The kid next door will actually do it.
Good Neighbor connects verified teens on your block with the small stuff you keep putting off. Dog walked. Leaves bagged. Wi‑Fi finally fixed.
That’s everything — thank you.
You’ll hear from us once, when Good Neighbor opens on your street. Nothing before that.
You just scanned a QR code on a lamppost.
So here is exactly who put it there, and exactly what is and isn’t true today.
- Who
- Mateo Preston at Xavier and Oskar Kahn at LREI — two New York City high schoolers. Real names, on purpose. Not a company from somewhere else — we live here.
- Where
- Here. We live in this city and we’re starting on the blocks we actually walk down.
- Status
- Not open. There is no app to download and no one to hire yet. You cannot book a job today and neither can anyone else.
- This page
- Takes your email. Then two optional questions you can skip. That’s the whole thing — no account, no payment, no home address, no phone number.
Nobody works before this checks out.
These are the rules we’re building to. We’re publishing them now, before we open, so you can hold us to them.
School ID and a live selfie
Every teen verifies who they are before they can take a single job.
A parent on file — no exceptions
Every worker under 18 has a parent or guardian confirmed before their first job.
Both sides can see
Parents see who’s working, where, and when. Workers see the job, the pay, and the neighbor’s rating.
No ladders, no roofs, no gutters
Ever, at any age. If a job needs someone off the ground, it isn’t ours.
Nobody drives for a job
On foot or by bike. Under‑18s are barred from driving for work, so we don’t offer it.
An adult home, or the job stays outside
No exceptions — and a parent sees where the job is before it starts.
Either side can stop a job, on the spot
No reason needed, no penalty. Nobody should weigh money against feeling unsafe.
Small stuff — the kind you’d ask a neighbor for.
If you knew one. These are the jobs we hear about most, with what they usually go for.
This list is a starting point, not the limit. We’re building whatever this neighborhood actually asks for — so if the thing you need isn’t on it, that’s the single most useful thing you could tell us. Join the waitlist and we’ll ask you exactly that.
“I built this because I was 16 and broke, and every job for someone my age was fast food or nothing. Teens want flexible work. Neighbors want small jobs done. Nothing safely connects them.”
Straight with you: Good Neighbor isn’t open yet, and this page isn’t taking signups for work. The verification above is the standard we’re building to, not something you can use today. The only thing on offer right now is an email when we open.