East Village, Manhattan — the pixel-art map you can own

neighborhood · 433 acres · 3 claims · 0.5% claimed · NTA MN0303

East Village is a 433-acre neighborhood in Manhattan, bordered by Greenwich Village, Lower East Side, Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village. Its biggest green space is Tompkins Square Park (11 acres). On nyc.world the whole neighborhood is pixel art — 807,216 tiles, about 99 blocks at $1 each — and any of it can be yours: pick a spot, write a message, drop an image, or pixel-draw on a roof.

3 claims sit inside East Village right now, covering 0.5% of it (4,212 tiles). The rest is open.

pixel-art map of East Village, Manhattan on nyc.world
East Village 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.
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$5minimum — your first spot in East Village
$1per block (8,192 tiles)
3claims here right now
0.5%of East Village is claimed

what's here

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

nearby

neighbors, parks, and the borough — every one is its own page on the map.

frequently asked

How much does it cost to claim a spot in East Village?

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 East Village 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 East Village?

Yes — that's the game. Anyone can take over a claim in East Village (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 East Village, 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 neighborhood 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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