New York Street Map Poster

The Manhattan street map is the template that defined modern urban planning, and this printable city map puts that 1811 Commissioners’ grid front and centre: the numbered streets and lettered-to-numbered avenues marching the length of the island, broken only by the diagonal slash of Broadway and the great green rectangle of Central Park. Below the grid, the tangled colonial lanes of Lower Manhattan curl toward the harbour, while the Hudson and East Rivers frame the island on either side.

Look across the water and the map keeps going — the brownstone blocks of Brooklyn, the sprawling grid of Queens — making a street map of New York one of the most instantly recognisable images in the world. The minimalist line style strips it to pure geometry, ideal as bold, graphic wall art for any interior.

It is the definitive print for a New Yorker, a frequent visitor, or anyone who loves the city’s relentless order and energy. Browse our wider collection of United States city maps, or set it beside the Boston map poster to contrast Manhattan’s grid with Boston’s winding colonial lanes. Every New York city map is a free, high-resolution download, ready to print and frame.