Old Maps of NYC

Stand anywhere in New York City and swipe through time. Drag the map to look around; tap the crosshair to snap back to you.

Let the app use your location — the map centers on you.

Swipe left / right to move through the years, oldest first.

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A Data Vandals field trip

Historical maps — georeferenced scans via the David Rumsey Map Collection, the Library of Congress, Map Warper & OldMapsOnline.
Present day — base & street maps © OpenStreetMap & CARTO; satellite imagery © Esri, Maxar & Earthstar Geographics.
Race & ethnicity dot map — U.S. Census Bureau (2020 Census & TIGER/Line).
A Data Vandals experiment — coverage is best in Manhattan and the older cores of the boroughs.

Best experience — full screen, no browser bars, works offline.

Saves the old maps for this spot — works with no signal.

Whole island · 7 core maps + Streets/Satellite · to z18. Large; wifi only.

Kiosk mode — show only downloaded maps

BUILD 78

Advanced — offline downloads

All mapsOldest → Newest

Find a place

Jump the map to any New York address or landmark, then swipe through time right there.

Try “Times Square”, “350 5th Ave”, or “Grand St & Bowery”.

Places that changed the mostTap to explore

Battery Park · Manhattan

Built on landfill — the old shoreline was blocks inland

Central Park · Manhattan

Seneca Village, a Black community, cleared for the park in 1857

Flushing Meadows · Queens

The Corona ash dumps — Gatsby’s “valley of ashes” — became fairgrounds

Fresh Kills · Staten Island

Tidal marsh turned into the world’s largest landfill, now parkland

Search by OpenStreetMap · Nominatim.