Brooklyn — the pixel-art map you can own

borough · 44,157 acres · 18 claims · 3.4% claimed

Brooklyn covers 68.99 square miles — 44,157 acres, 82,176,756 map tiles — with 53 neighborhoods and 13 major parks on this map, the biggest being Marine Park at 800 acres. On nyc.world every block of it is pixel art rendered from the city's own data, and every block can be owned: about $1 a block, $5 minimum, anyone can outbid you for a dollar more.

18 claims sit inside Brooklyn right now, covering 3.4% of it (2,786,752 tiles). The rest is open.

pixel-art map of Brooklyn, New York City on nyc.world
Brooklyn as rendered on nyc.world — real building footprints, streets, parks and shoreline from NYC Open Data, redrawn in pixels. Tap it to open the live map here.
⛏ claim a spot in Brooklyn 🗺 explore Brooklyn on the map
$5minimum — your first spot in Brooklyn
$1per block (8,192 tiles)
18claims here right now
3.4%of Brooklyn is claimed

what's here

the latest claims inside Brooklyn — each link opens the map on that spot.

every neighborhood in Brooklyn

53 neighborhood tabulation areas (NYC DCP, 2020). Each has its own page and its own pixel map.

parks in Brooklyn

the other boroughs

frequently asked

How much does it cost to claim a spot in Brooklyn?

About $1 per block — 8,192 map tiles, roughly one Manhattan block — with a $5 minimum per claim, which buys up to 40,960 tiles. The price is the area you select, so a single storefront or rooftop in Brooklyn is the $5 minimum; pixel drawings pay only for the tiles you actually paint. Payment is by card through Stripe Checkout, and there are no refunds.

Can someone take my spot in Brooklyn?

Yes — that's the game. Anyone can take over a claim in Brooklyn (or anywhere on nyc.world) by paying its last price plus one dollar, or the plain area price for that spot, whichever is higher. Being outbid doesn't entitle you to a refund; you can always claim it back the same way.

What can I put on Brooklyn, and can I change it later?

A short message, an emoji, an uploaded image (pixelated to fit), or pixel art you draw straight onto the map. As the owner you can edit or remove your claim as often as you like for free, as long as it keeps the same spot — no account needed, edit access is saved in your browser with email recovery. The whole borough is a public, all-ages map, so keep it legal and safe.

full mechanics, pricing and rules: about nyc.world · terms.

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