Chelsea New York Map

About Chelsea, New York

Chelsea is a locality in Richmond County, New York, United States. Chelsea is located at 40.6007°N, 74.1949°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 10314, 12512.

Chelsea manifests as a dense grid of brick and steel where the industrial legacy of the waterfront presses firmly against the relentless pace of modern urban life. It lies 2.7 miles west-northwest of Staten Island, NY (from Staten Island, NY: bearing 297°T), and is situated 6.4 miles southeast of Union County. Pralls Creek acts as a quiet, arterial vein cutting through the landscape, its presence a reminder of the water that once defined the perimeter of this place before the city expanded to fill every available inch of ground. The air here holds a particular weight, carrying the faint, saline memory of Gravesend Bay nine miles to the south, while the foliage of Meredith Woods provides a singular, verdant reprieve from the asphalt. To the distant horizon, the Appalachian Mountains remain nothing more than a suggestion of shadow, leaving the immediate view to the interplay of light reflecting off glass facades and the steady, rhythmic hum of a neighborhood that refuses to sleep.

Chelsea has evolved from a landscape of shipping docks and maritime commerce into a sophisticated corridor of galleries, high-end residential development, and creative enterprise. The economy here shifted long ago from the raw labor of the waterfront to the intangible value of the arts, yet the physical character of the streets retains the hard edges of its past. Residents navigate the proximity of Potters Island and the quietude of Islington Pond as they balance the demands of a global cultural hub against the localized needs of a dense, vertical population. Life in Chelsea moves with a measured intensity, where the legacy of nineteenth-century infrastructure meets the constant reconfiguration of contemporary design, ensuring that the character of the streetscape remains in a state of permanent, restless transition.

About This Chelsea Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chelsea, New York. Coordinates: 40.60066, -74.194866. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Chelsea includes the ZIP code (10314, 12512), telephone area code (718, 347, 929, 845), county seat of Richmond County, and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.