Blank Map of New York City Boroughs

The five boroughs of New York City on one sheet, each one a county.

Blank Map of New York City Boroughs

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Write the name of each numbered borough, then its county.Answer key

  1. The Bronx · Bronx County
  2. Manhattan · New York County
  3. Queens · Queens County
  4. Brooklyn · Kings County
  5. Staten Island · Richmond County

Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023. Licence: public domain.

Each borough is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a borough is answered.

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  1. The Bronx (county: Bronx County) The northernmost borough, and the only one mainly on the mainland.
  2. Manhattan (county: New York County) The smallest borough by area and the most densely populated.
  3. Queens (county: Queens County) The largest borough by area, on Long Island east of Brooklyn.
  4. Brooklyn (county: Kings County) The most populous borough, on Long Island's western tip.
  5. Staten Island (county: Richmond County) The most suburban of the five, joined to Brooklyn by a bridge.

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01: five shapes, each the boundary of one county, with no rings. Which county each borough is (the Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens is Queens County, Staten Island is Richmond County): the city's own page 'New York City Counties', https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02877, read 2026-10-01, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughs_of_New_York_City, read 2026-10-01. The detail lines (the Bronx the northernmost borough and the only one mainly on the mainland, Brooklyn the most populous, Manhattan the smallest and most densely populated, Queens the largest by area, Staten Island the most suburban and joined to Brooklyn by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge) are from the same Wikipedia article; largest and smallest shape agree with the points file (areaShare). The lines between the boroughs are county lines down the middle of the rivers, which the drawing does not draw (points file notes). Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf

The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_500k (scale 1:500,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_500k.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_500k (scale 1:500,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_500k.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 73.9°W, standard parallels 40.6°N and 40.8°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf

How it works

This blank map of New York City boroughs shows the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island as five shapes. The land around the city is drawn without numbers. Switch Borders off for the city outline.

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Blank, numbered or named

The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the five boroughs, or Named for their names, then press Print this map. Print the answer key gives the names on a sheet of its own.

A blank map of NYC boroughs, with water as lines

On the ground most of the boroughs are divided by water, such as the East River between Manhattan and Queens. This map draws those boundaries as plain lines down the middle of the water, so Manhattan does not look like an island here.

  • Queens is the largest shape and Manhattan the smallest. Have students label those two first, then the Bronx at the top.

Questions and answers

What are the five boroughs of New York City?

The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. All five date from 1898, when the modern city was formed.

Which county is each borough?

Each borough is also a New York State county: the Bronx (Bronx County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Manhattan (New York County), Queens (Queens County) and Staten Island (Richmond County).

Which borough is the largest?

Queens is the largest by area and Manhattan the smallest. Brooklyn has the most people of the five.

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