Customer Reviews

NY Atlas

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At first glance this book seemed like the ideal guide for tourists or native New Yorkers, but when I actually pulled it out to use it found that the navigation system was hard to follow and not even accurate! The establishments I went to had the wrong address!! I went to call to verify another address before traipsing over there and the phone number was out of service!! After I noticed these mistakes I looked closer and saw that the facts were wrong. I decided the maps were worth one star, but the reliability factor was nil. By the author hype on the cover I excpected a masterpiece! This was a big letdown.

sets a new standard in how to look and use the Big Apple. Divides the city into two perspectives: HOW TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE: 340 pages of clear, beaufifully design and concise maps. Top 100 index to nightlife, shopping, dining, entertainment, nature, government, business etc. HOW WE GOT HERE FROM THEREE: 10 haiku-histories map the contributions New Yorkers have made to global popular culture in the 20 Century. Cool graphics and politics. Without doubt, NY@tlas is what New Yorkers use.

I'm a New Yorker, and this book made simple trips seem complicated. I recommend the free map from Downtown Alliance; see downtownnewyork.com. If you're planning a trip to new york, there are dozens of other great free maps--including the very complete one available at any metro station.

An easy-to-read (as in, you can actually see the map details without a magnifying glass), easy-to-follow, extremely helpful guide to NYC. I moved to Queens from Manhattan a couple of years ago, and I would have been lost (literally) without it. It also helped me navigate my way through Brooklyn as I searched for apartments there -- and it's small enough to fit easily in a purse or backpack. As a former long-time Manhattanite, I find this book invaluable for finding my way around those other mysterious boroughs. Anyone who can't follow it doesn't know how to read a map...

This is the best book of maps of NYC (just like the title says). It has very easy to read maps of all five boros and it also has landmarks of buildings in the city from the Crysler Building to the obscure like the Kurdish Library Museum in Brooklyn or the New York State Armory in Staten Island. The only thing I mind about this book is that is has almost no maps (it has one map of the area, but it is as undetailed as you can get) of the metro area, but this is not a big fault.

I have had this atlas/book of maps for about one month. It has been immensely helpful in planning my move to NYC. I literally would be lost without it. I know when I move I will find the atlas even more useful and it will accompany me wherever I go. However, the only drawback for the book is that is not bound in a fashion that truly allows for the amount use it deserves and will most definitely receive by anyone who owns one. It should be spiral bound. It is not. In fact, the gutter of the book even makes it impossible to do so yourself. With my use for one month, pages are already starting to come out of the book by the dozens. Looks like I will have to replace it often.

I've now been using this extraordinary book for more than a year, and it's been an amazing gift! I've explored NY from end to end--from City Island, the Bronx, to Tottenville, Staten Island, and all around Brooklyn and Queens (besides my home borough of Manhattan). The maps are aesthetically beautiful, wonderfully accurate, so easy to read, and full of useful info--post offices, subway stops, and more. In this walker's town, having the right map expands your horizons in every way. If you love the city and dream of seeing it in all its glory, this is your true companion. It belongs in the pocket or backpack of every New York resident, visitor, and fan. It's also a spectacularly appreciated gift!