Times Square
2011 to 2022
Then
2011
Now
2022
New York City · 2007 – 2024
NYC
Time Machine
Watch iconic neighborhoods transform, one street at a time — through Google Street View imagery spanning nearly two decades.
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City overview
Constellation of change
Each point is a neighborhood. Click any star to jump straight into its Street View time machine.
5 neighborhoods
New York City
The city that never stops changing.
Times Square
The Crossroads of the World
2011 — 2022
7 time periods · 7 narrative beats
Visual timeline
Chinatown
Holding On
2007 — 2023
6 time periods · 6 narrative beats
Visual timeline
Williamsburg
The Gentrification Blueprint
2008 — 2022
7 time periods · 7 narrative beats
Visual timeline
SoHo
From Lofts to Luxury
2007 — 2023
8 time periods · 8 narrative beats
Visual timeline
Hudson Yards
Built from Nothing
2008 — 2022
7 time periods · 7 narrative beats
Visual timeline
Deep dives
Explore change your way
Where the city moves fastest
Heatmap of visible change
Darker squares mark years where this corner has imagery and likely changed. Click any square to jump straight into that moment.
| Neighborhood | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Times Square 7 captures | ||||||||||||||
Chinatown 6 captures | ||||||||||||||
Williamsburg 7 captures | ||||||||||||||
SoHo 8 captures | ||||||||||||||
Hudson Yards 7 captures |
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Before / after snapshots
How corners of the city morph
Quick visual comparisons of the earliest and latest captures at each spot. Jump in to scrub everything in between.
Chinatown
2007 to 2023
Then
2007
Now
2023
Williamsburg
2008 to 2022
Then
2008
Now
2022
SoHo
2007 to 2023
Then
2007
Now
2023
Hudson Yards
2008 to 2022
Then
2008
Now
2022
About
How it works
Google Street View has been capturing city streets since 2007, returning every 1–3 years. Each visit creates a historical record of how a place looked at that exact moment.
This app surfaces those captures and pairs them with editorial context — turning raw Street View imagery into a documentary about urban change, across neighborhoods and across the world.
Historical pano IDs sourced via the Google Maps Street View API. Narrative written by humans. Imagery © Google.