New York Road Network Map
Defined by the historic 1811 Commissioners' Plan in Manhattan, New York boasts one of the most recognizable right-angled street grids in the world, intersected diagonally by Broadway.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
New York City
Urban Grid Pattern
Rigid Orthogonal Grid
Estimated Road Ways
60,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
40.50, -74.26 to 40.92, -73.70
Primary Arterial Corridors
Broadway, 5th Avenue, FDR Drive, West Side Highway, Queens Boulevard
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract New York roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('New York', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render New York roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of New York?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.