Аннотация:Using an automated method and data from the 2MASS catalog, we have found and verified 168 new clusters in the interval of the galactic latitude -24°<b<24°. We derived ages, distances and color excesses for 142 new and 28 yet-unstudied known clusters. Three new clusters were studied using UBVI CCD photometric data. A special web-site has been developed to facilitate scientific usage of the results of our study.