Credits

Photographs, maps and data are credited below. Each third-party work remains subject to its stated license.

• Journal: Aight, So Boom Photo Gryffindor (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Aight, So Boom Photo Hartmut Schmidt Heidelberg (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Baconeggandcheese Photo spurekar (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Baconeggandcheese Photo Berenice Abbott (New York Public Library) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Fourth Floor Photo Berenice Abbott (New York Public Library) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Fourth Floor Photo Berenice Abbott (New York Public Library) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Fourth Floor Photo Clifton R. Adams (Rijksmuseum) (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: It’s Brick Photo Anthony Quintano (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: It’s Brick Photo Bain News Service (Library of Congress) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: On Line Photo Bain News Service (Library of Congress) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: On Line Photo Bain News Service (Library of Congress) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Regular Coffee Photo Bain News Service (Library of Congress) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Regular Coffee Photo Berenice Abbott (New York Public Library) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Schmear Photo Berenice Abbott (New York Public Library) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Schmear Photo evan p. cordes (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Temporary Photo Thomson200 (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Temporary Photo Jim Henderson (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: Temporary Photo Jim Henderson (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Black and White Photo BrillLyle (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Black and White Photo Jim.henderson (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Bodega Cat Photo Deans Charbal (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Bodega Cat Photo Seth Werkheiser (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Cast-Iron Front Photo Sarony, Major & Knapp (lithographers) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Cast-Iron Front Photo Tony Hisgett (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Fire Escape Photo Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Fire Escape Photo Bain News Service (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Fire Escape Photo Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (National Archives) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Handrail Photo Eric Fischer (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Handrail Photo bebo2good1 (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Handrail Photo EmperorOfNYC (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Hydrant Photo Phil Roeder (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Hydrant Photo Tony Hisgett (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Hydrant Photo George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Mosaic Photo Kevin Payravi (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Mosaic Photo Historic American Engineering Record (HAER NY-122), Library of Congress (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Mosaic Photo GeneralPunger (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Mosaic Photo Kidfly182 (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Platform Edge Photo Dillan Payne (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Platform Edge Photo Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Platform Edge Photo Tdorante10 (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Promenade Photo Brandon Day (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Promenade Photo Library of Congress (Geo. P. Hall & Son) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Promenade Photo Eugene de Salignac, NYC Municipal Archives (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Promenade Photo Photographer unknown (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Roof Light Photo Clément Bardot (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Roof Light Photo S5A-0043 (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Roof Light Photo Jim.henderson (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Steam Stack Photo MartinThoma (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Steam Stack Photo Chester Higgins, Jr. (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Steam Stack Photo Rhododendrites (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Stoop Photo Beyond My Ken (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Stoop Photo Naked Pictures of Bea Arthur (Wikis Take Manhattan) (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Stoop Photo Berenice Abbott (New York Public Library) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Tiles Photo Historic American Engineering Record (HAER NY-122), Library of Congress (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Tiles Photo Historic American Engineering Record (HAER NY-122), Library of Congress (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Tiles Photo Historic American Engineering Record (HAER NY-122), Library of Congress (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Water Tower Photo Jim.henderson (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• Journal: The Water Tower Photo Beyond My Ken (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• New York Photo Maney Imagination (opens in a new tab) · Unsplash License (opens in a new tab)
• The Cast-Iron Front Photo CucombreLibre (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · adapted
• The Crown, Journal: The Crown Photo Billie Grace Ward (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · adapted
• The Crown, Journal: The Crown Photo Tony Hisgett (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · adapted
• The Issue, Journal: The Cast-Iron Front Photo Tony Hisgett (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · adapted (duotone)
• The Issue, Journal: The Tiles Photo Gryffindor (opens in a new tab) · Public domain (opens in a new tab)
• The Issue, Journal: The Water Tower Photo Frank Schulenburg (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · adapted (duotone)
• The Promenade Photo Pedro Lastra (opens in a new tab) · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
• The Steam Stack Photo Billie Grace Ward (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · adapted
• The Tiles Photo TheTurducken (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · adapted

Maps and data

• Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in a new tab) · ODbL (opens in a new tab)
• Map tiles OpenFreeMap · OpenMapTiles (opens in a new tab)
• Aerial photos NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• Street photos © Mapillary contributors (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
• City maps and The Atlas data NYC Open Data · NYC Department of City Planning (opens in a new tab)
• State data Open NY (data.ny.gov) (opens in a new tab)
• Subway and bus data MTA (opens in a new tab)
• Parks NYC Parks (opens in a new tab)
• Street-level terrain NYC Topobathymetric LiDAR 2017 · NYS ITS (opens in a new tab)
• Census U.S. Census Bureau · American Community Survey (opens in a new tab)
• Fair market rents U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (opens in a new tab)
• Traffic deaths NHTSA · Fatality Analysis Reporting System (opens in a new tab)
• Flood zones FEMA flood maps, as recorded in NYC PLUTO (opens in a new tab)
• Sea level rise NOAA Office for Coastal Management (opens in a new tab)
• Surface heat USGS Landsat · Microsoft Planetary Computer (opens in a new tab)
• Pollen season Ito K. et al., Environmental Health 14:71 (2015) (opens in a new tab)
• Weather alerts National Weather Service (opens in a new tab)
• Air quality now U.S. EPA AirNow (opens in a new tab)
• Live streams YouTube API Services (opens in a new tab)

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.