New York County Road Network Shapefile, 2021

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data provides the 2021 road network for New York County, NY. It includes all road and path features such as primary roads, city streets, alleys, and pedestrian trails extracted from the national Master Address File/TIGER Database.

Use Cases

• Map street centerlines and address ranges for geocoding applications in New York County.
• Analyze road network topology and connectivity using MTDB Feature Classification Codes (MTFCC).
• Extract vehicular trails, bike paths, and walkways for transportation or recreational planning.
• Combine with other county shapefiles using seamless MTDB geometry to model regional road systems.

Strengths

• Data is extracted from the national Master Address File/TIGER Database (MTDB), designed as a seamless national file.
• Includes a comprehensive range of road types defined by MTFCC codes beginning with 'S'.
• Shapefile is structured to stand alone for county analysis or be combined for national coverage.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and file sizes are unknown from the provided input.
• Data is from 2021 and may not reflect recent road construction or changes.
• Lacks sample data or column schema to preview attribute fields before download.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extract from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Data reflects 2021 geography, last updated in the catalog on 2022-11-01.

Geography

New York County, New York, United States