Explore New York, New York, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New York, New York. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New York or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to New York.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | New York |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | New York County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.662712 |
| Longitude | -73.938677 |
| Population | 8,804,190 |
| Density | 11314.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 10007, 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004 |
| Area Code | 212, 646, 332 |
| School District | New York City Department Of Education |
New York stands as a dense, vertical archipelago of steel and glass, defined by a restless energy that mirrors the tidal pulses of the nearby Wallabout Channel. The landscape is a jagged geometry of artificial canyons where the quality of light at dusk turns the gray stone into a shimmering, bruised violet. While the distant Appalachian Mountains remain a mere memory on the far horizon, the local terrain is carved by the proximity of the Hudson River, which acts as a profound, flowing meridian for the island’s western flank. Travelers moving through the streets often find themselves grounding their senses in the small, verdant patch of City Hall Park, a quiet anchor amidst the relentless churn of the surrounding urban grid.
Dutch traders and settlers laid the initial foundations for New York, envisioning a mercantile outpost that would eventually outgrow its modest maritime origins. This early period of consolidation transformed the site into a global nexus, as the harbor and the strategic access to the interior fostered a rapid, almost organic expansion across the surrounding geography. The city’s historical progression is marked by layers of brick and mortar that reflect the shifting ambitions of its inhabitants, from colonial trade centers to the monumental aspirations of the industrial age. As the centuries passed, New York solidified its identity not merely through its architecture, but through the persistent, iterative process of reinventing its own purpose while maintaining a firm grip on its original, water-bound heritage.
Economic life in New York operates with a velocity that demands constant adaptation, fueling a vast infrastructure that bridges the Morris Canal Basin and the bustling commerce of the financial district. The city serves as a primary engine for global capital, supported by a dense network of transit and a concentration of human intelligence housed in elite institutions like Columbia University and New York University. These centers of learning provide the intellectual scaffolding for a local economy that thrives on professional services, media, and technological innovation. The sheer scale of development here is supported by an intricate, subterranean web of connectivity, ensuring that the movement of goods and people remains as fluid as the currents of the Hudson River that define the city’s western edge.
Cultural life in New York pulses with the rhythmic intensity of a professional sports calendar, featuring iconic franchises that command the loyalty of millions, while the city’s annual festivals offer a vibrant counterpoint to the daily grind. Landmarks such as the statue-crowned vistas near Governors Island provide a sense of scale, reminding inhabitants of the maritime legacy that still informs the character of the shore. Individuals of singular renown, from the architects who defined the skyline to the poets who captured the city’s frantic loneliness, have long drawn inspiration from the friction of these crowded streets. Whether one is walking toward the tranquility of Reservoir Number Three or navigating the dense, echoing corridors of the business districts, the experience of New York remains one of profound, unceasing movement that manages to feel both entirely modern and deeply rooted in its place.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New York, New York. Coordinates: 40.662712, -73.938677. 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 New York includes the ZIP code (10007, 10001, 10002), telephone area code (212, 646, 332), county seat of New York County, and school district assignment (New York City Department Of Education).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |