City map

Orientation

North is up — that is −Z. X grows to the east and Z to the south, exactly as in the world, and one block is one metre. Man A sits south of New BK across the water; Long Island is the strip to the north, split from New BK by the highway; The BX lies east of Man A and New S beyond its southern tip.

Colours & marks

Fill is the borough unless you pick another colour mode (status, era, height, or estimated value with its heat glow). Dot size grows with floors; ✦ marks a landmark, a dashed amber ring a building under construction, and ✕ a demolished building when Historical is on. Lots appear at street zoom.

Roads

Roads are drawn at their recorded width and coloured by type — highways orange, parkways green, bridges with a gold casing, tunnels dashed. Names run along the road and repeat on long stretches. Dashed, faint roads have no opening year on file or are closed.

Time

Drag the slider at the bottom of the map, or press play, to watch New A grow half-year by half-year from 2013: buildings appear when they were completed, lost ones linger as ghosts, and roads open on their recorded dates.

Keyboard

• ←↑→↓ pan
• +− zoom
• 0 reset
• / search
• Esc close

Double-click or double-tap zooms in; shift-double-click zooms out; pinch on touch screens.

Sharing

The address bar follows you: ?b= a building, ?d= a borough, ?road= a road, ?x= &z= &k= the view and ?t= the year. Copy it, or use Copy link in any panel.