These resources are grouped by year (the range covers 1819 - present). The guide includes resources from Avery Library and the New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery. Additional resources are available from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) and Lehman Library, both part of Columbia University Libraries.
New York City Atlases & Land Books
1819-1820
Sackersdorff. Map of farms, commonly called the Blue book, 1815.
Drawn from the original on file in the Street Commissioner's office in the city of New York, together with lines of streets and avenues, laid out by John Randel, Jr. 1819-1820 [1868].
NYPL Digital Gallery.
1852-1856
Perris. Maps of the city of New York. (6v.)
Contents: v.1 Wards 1st-4th (1852)--v.2 Wards 7th, 10th & 13th (1856)--v.3 Wards 5th, 6th, 8th & 14th (1853)--v.4 Wards 11th, 17th and part of 18th (1853)--v.5 Wards 9th, 15th and part of 16th (1854)--v.6 Wards 18th & 21st (1854)
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): AA735 N4 P4211 FFF
Avery Classics AA735 N4 P42 FF
Microfiche, Fx3 7635
Perris. Maps of the city of New York. (7v.)
Contents: v.1 Wards 1st-4th (1852)--v.2 Wards 7th, 10th & 13th (1852)--v.3 Wards 5th, 6th, 8th & 14th (1853)--v.4 Wards 11th, 17th and part of 18th (1853)--v.5 Wards 9th, 15th and part of 16th (1854)--v.6 Wards 18th & 21st--v.7 19th & 20th Wards (1854)
NYPL Digital Gallery
1855
Perris. Maps of the city of Brooklyn
Contents: v.1 & 2
NYPL Digital Gallery
1857-1862
Perris. Maps of the city of New York (7 v.) (3rd. ed)
Contents: v.1 (1857)--v.2 (1857)--v.3 (1859)--v.4 (1859)--v.5 (1859)--v.6 (1859)--v.7 (1862)
NYPL Digital Gallery
1861
Perris. Insurance maps of the warehouses & c., in Brooklyn from the Navy yard to Partition Street.
NYPL Digital Gallery
1867
Dripps. Plan of New York City from the Battery to Spuyten Creek.
Avery Classics AA735 N4 D83 FF
Dripps. Plan of New York City from the Battery to Spuyten Creek
NYPL Digital Galley
Beers. Atlas of New York and vicinity.
Avery Classics AA730 N48 B393 F
1868
Beers. Atlas of New York and vicinity
NYPL Digital Gallery
Higginson. Higginson's insurance map of the city of Brooklyn.
Contents: v.4
NYPL Digital Gallery
Perris & Browne. Insurance maps of the City of New York.
NYPL Digital Gallery
Sackersdorff. Map of the City of New York part 1: showing the streets, avenues, roads, public squares & places.
Avery Classics AA9127 N4 Sa1 FF
1869
Dripps. Map of the city of Brooklyn; being the former cities of Brooklyn & Williamsburgh and the town of Bushwick
NYPL Digital Gallery
1873
Atlas of Long Island, New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
1874
Beers. Atlas of Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
Fulton. Farm line map of the city of Brooklyn (Atlas of the City of Brooklyn).
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): AA735 N4B7 F95 FF
Beers. Farm line map of the city of Brookyn. (drawn by Henry Fulton)
NYPL Digital Gallery
Viele. Topographical atlas of the city of New York.
Avery Classics AA735 N4 V673 FF
Viele. Topographical atlas of the city of New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
1876
Cornell. Property atlas of the City of Yonkers, N.Y.: including a portion of the twenty fourth ward of New York City.
Avery Classics AA735 Y8 C815
1879
Bromley. Atlas of the entire city of New York.
Avery Classics AA9127 N4 B78 1879 F
Dripps. Map of Kings County, New York: based on the recent official survey showing new arrangement of boulevards, streets, railroads, etc.
Avery Classics AA735 N4B7 D83
1880
Bromley. Atlas of the entire city of Brooklyn, complete in one volume
NYPL Digital Gallery
Hopkins. Detailed estate and old farm line atlas of the city of Brooklyn (6v.)
Contents: v.1 Wards 23, 24 & 25--v.2 Ward 18--v.4 Wards 8 &22--v.5 Wards 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11 & 12--v.6 Wards 13,14,15,16, 17 & 19
NYPL Digital Gallery
1881
Speilmann & Brush. Certified copies of original maps of property in New York City.
Avery Classics AA735 N4 Sp4 FF
1883-1888
Robinson & Pidgeon. Atlas of the city of New York (6v.) (2nd.ed.)
Contents: v.5 23rd Ward (1887)
NYPL Digital Gallery
1885
Robinson. Robinson’s atlas of the City of New York.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222) AA9127 N4 R561 FF
Robinson & Pidgeon. Atlas of the city of New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
1886
Robinson. Robinson’s atlas of the City of Brooklyn, New York
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 R56 FF
Robinson. Robinson's atlas of the City of Brooklyn, New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
1888-1897
Robinson. Certified copies of important maps appearing to the 23rd and 24th wards, city of New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
1890
Robinson. Robinson's atlas of King's County, New York [Brooklyn]
NYPL Digital Gallery
1890-1893
Robinson. Atlas of the City of New York… 3rd ed. (4 v.)
Contents: v.1 Wards 19th and 22nd --v.2 Ward 12th--v.3 Wards 16th, 18th and 21st--v.4 South of 14th Street
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA735 N4 R56 FF
1890-1952
Fire insurance maps in the Library of Congress: plans of North American cities and towns. New York State only.
Reels are arranged by city and then by year. Checklist at Avery Reference AA9105 Un3146
MICROFILM F a7772
Proquest Sanborn Maps Geo Edition 1867-1970 [New York/New Jersey]
For New York City five categories are available:
Brooklyn [Kings Co.]
Contents: 1886-1888; 1893-1895; 1901; 1904-1908; 1905; 1909; 1915-1933; 1915-1951; 1915-Apr.1951; New and additional sheets.
New York City : Special Atlases. These are unique maps.
Contents: 1903 Street cleaning, Bronx; 1913 Dry goods district, Manhattan; 1919-1921 Warehouse map, Hoboken, Manhattan, Bronx; 1922 Pier map of New York harbor; 1928 Pier map of New York Harbor
New York City [Bronx] [Kings (Brooklyn)] [Queens] [Richmond (Staten Island)].
This includes Manhattan, even though it is not listed.
Contents: 1890-1902; 1903-1919; 1908-1947; 1908-1952; New and additional sheets.
Queens County
Contents: 1898-1903; 1911-1917; 1925-1943; 1925-1934; 1947-1949; 1914-May 1951
Richmond Borough of New York City (Staten Island)
Contents: July 1885; 1898; 1910; 1917; 1937-1938; 1937-June 1951; New and additional sheets.
LibraryWeb (under Databases).
This is a digitized version of the New York State maps in Fire insurance maps in the Library of Congress: plans of North American cities and towns located at MICROFILM F a7772
1891
Beers. Map showing improved pavements in the City of Brooklyn in 1891.
Avery Classics AA735 N4B7 J33 FFF
Bromley. Atlas of the City of New York, Manhattan Island.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 B78 1891 FF
Wolverton. Atlas of Queens Co., Long Island, New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
1892-1895
Maps or plans and profiles, with field notes and explanatory remarks, showing the location, width, grades...of the 23rd and 24th wards of the city of New York
NYPL Digital Gallery
1893
Bromley. Atlas of the City of Brooklyn, New York.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 B783 FF
1897
Bromley. Atlas of the city of New York, Manhattan Island
NYPL Digital Gallery
1898
Hyde. Atlas of the Brooklyn borough…
Contents: v.1 Wards 2nd & 5th and part of 1st & 4th
Avery Classics AA735 N4B7 At1 FF
1898-1899
Bromley. Atlas of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan
Contents: v.1 Battery to 14th St.--v.2 14th St. to 59th St.--v.3 59th St. to 110th St.
NYPL Digital Gallery
Ullitz. Atlas of the Brooklyn borough of the City of New York
Contents: v.1 first 28 Wards--v.2 Flatbush and New Utrect, 29th & 30th Wards--v.3 Gravesend and Flatlands, 31st & 32nd Wards
NYPL Digital Gallery
1899
Bromley. Atlas of the City of New York… Manhattan (4v.)
Contents: v.1 Battery to 14th St.--v.2 14th St. to 59th St.--v.3 59th St. to 110th St.--v.4 110th St to 145th St.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 B78 1898-99 FF
1920-1922
Bromly. Atlas of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan (5v.)
Contents: v.2 14th St. to 59th St. (1920)--v.3 59th St. to 110th St. (1921)
NYPL Digital Gallery
1921
Bromley. Atlas of the Borough of Manhattan, city of New York.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA735 N4 B78 FF
Avery Classics AA735 N4 B78 FF
Bromley. Atlas of the Bronx.
Contents: Sections 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4B8 B783 FF
Bromley. Atlas of borough of the Bronx
Contents: Sections 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13
NYPL Digital Gallery
1922
Bromley. Atlas of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan. (5v.)
Contents: v.1 Battery to 14th St.--v.2 14th St. to 59th St.--v.3 59th St. to 110th St.--v.4 110th St. to 145th St.--v.5 145th St. to Spuyten Duyvil
Avery Classics AA9127 N4 B7851 FF
Sanborn. Pier map of New York harbour, including Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island City, Staten Island and New Jersey shore.
Avery Classics 131516
1924
New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Map of the city of New York: Sectional plans of the city of New York.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 N48595 FF
1925
Bromley. Atlas of the City of New York: Borough of the Bronx. (2v.)
Contents: v.2 North of 172nd St.
Avery Classics AA735 N4B8 G13 FF
Bromley. Manhattan land book.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 B782 F
1927
Bromley. Land book of the Borough of Manhattan.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 B782 1927a F
1929
Hyde. Desk atlas, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York. (4v.)
Contents: v.1 Sections 1-7--v.2 Sections 8-14--v.3 Sections 15-19-- v.4 Sections 20-25. Shows zoning restrictions and bus lines in operation.
Avery Classics 131642
1930
Bromley. Manhattan land book.
Avery AA9127 N4 B782 F
1931
Map of the borough...City of New York: map of Topographical Bureau.
Contents: Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 M32 FFF
1932
*Bromley. Atlas of the City of New York Manhattan. (orig. publ. in 1913)
Contents: 14th St. to 59th St. Part 1 & 2
Avery Classics 626273 FF
1933
New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Map of New York City.
Avery Classics AA9127 N4 N4861 FF
New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Map of New York City. (orig. publ. in 1924)
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 N486 FF
1934
Bromley. Manhattan land book. (with some corrections)
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 B782 1934 F
Avery Classics AA9124 N4 B782 1934 F
1938
Bromley. Atlas of the City of New York: Borough of the Bronx. (2v.)
Contents: v.2 North of 172nd St.
Avery Classics AA735 N4B8 G131 FF
1941-1994
Sanborn. Fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company Archives. New York City: late 19th century to 1990.
Most maps are from the 1970s and 1980s. Contents note for set on each reel.
MICROFILM F d4417
1943
*Sanborn. Atlas of the City of New York…Manhattan. (orig. publ. in 1930)
Contents: v.3 59th St. to 110th St.
Avery Classics AA9127 N4 Sa54 FF
1959
*Bromley. Manhattan land book. (orig. publ. in 1955)
Avery AA9127 N4 B782 1955 F
Avery Classics AA9127 N4 B782 F
1962
*Bromley. Manhattan land book. (orig. publ. in 1955)
Avery AA9127 N4 B782 1955 F c.2
1963
New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission. Sectional map of the City of New York.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 N488711 FFF
1965
Sanborn. Land use 1964-65 [map of the City of New York].
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4L1 Sa5 FFF
1979
*Bromley. Bronx land book. (2v.) (v.1 orig. publ. in 1965, v.2 orig. publ. in 1963)
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 B7821 FF
1983
*Sanborn. Atlas of the City of New York…Manhattan.
Contents: v.1 Battery to 14th St. (orig. publ. in 1959)--v.2 14th St. to 59th St. (orig. publ. in 1957)--v.4 110th St. to 145th St. (orig. publ. in 1932)
Avery Classics AA9127 N4 Sa54 FF
1990-2010
Sanborn. Manhattan land book of the City of New York.
Atlas Shelving (Avery Rm 222): Avery AA9127 N4 Sa535 FF
2002
Sanborn. Sanborn CitySets.
Digitized Sanborn maps for New York City (south of 60th Street) and some of downtown Brooklyn. Layers of data include building footprints (with heights and data), streets and bridges, orthophotos, and TIN elevation (for 3D mapping)
Electronic Data Service, Lehman Library, SIA
2005
Sanborn. New York boroughs.
Current land books for Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island are available on microfiche only and are located in the cabinets behind the Service Desk
MICROFICHE Fx3 4118
2007
Sanborn. Sanborn building & property atlas of Brooklyn
Avery AA9127 N4 Sa535 FF
2008
Sanborn. Sanborn building & property atlas of Brooklyn.
Avery Reserves AA9127 N4 Sa532 FF
2011
Sanborn. Manhattan land book of the City of New York.
Avery Reserves AA9127 N4 Sa535 FF
*The Sanborn Map Company had a correction service which kept the books up to date with the hundreds of changes that took place every year. The service made necessary changes in buildings, lots, zoning, etc. as officially recorded by New York City .
last updated August 2012
