Minecraft Player Recreates New York City to Scale in Game

Key points

  • A Minecraft fan shares his impressive scale recreation of New York City, building a life-size replica of the giant American city.
  • The fan shows several bird's-eye views of the city, confirming that all of the city's neighborhoods are under construction, but the street level is currently unfinished.
  • Minecraft recently announced its next livestream event, “Minecraft Live,” which will reveal a lot of new information about future content for the game.



A dedicated one Minecraft player has handcrafted a 1-to-1 recreation of New York City in the game, showcasing multiple views of the massive structure. Mojang's smash-hit survival sandbox game has seen a plethora of unique and stunning creations within the game, including everything from massive structures to intricate city builds. Fans of Minecraft have often paid homage to their favorite media franchises through gaming, including games like Elden Ring AND Pokemon among others. Now, one fan has built an extraordinary recreation of one of the world's greatest cities.

While fantasy franchises are a popular topic for Minecraft build, many fans have also started building real-life locations within the sandbox game. From the tallest buildings found across Europe to scale reconstructions of the entire world within the game, real-world locations have often served as inspiration for Minecraft fans. Many fans have even created scale replicas of specific locations, including the Eiffel Tower and even an in-game Walmart. One fan, however, took his creation to the next level with a life-size build of a major American city.


A set of images shared with Minecraft subreddit of Reddit user d3_cent shows off his massive reconstruction of New York City. The post shows off the impressive 1:1 scale reconstruction of New York City, sharing several overhead angles showing the tops of different buildings. The creator shares that the entire Minecraft build was handcrafted, with the user and other members of their server also using Minecraft editing tools like Worldedit. The Reddit user also shares the server address in the replies, allowing fans to visit the Minecraft New York City version.


Minecraft Fan Builds Scale Model of New York City


The massive construction in New York City had many fans praising the creation in the comments of the post. The user shared that the grand scale Minecraft The project is not fully finished at street level for the city, confirming that the team working on the build had also completed other neighborhoods outside of the Manhattan screenshots. The creator also shared that the project would not include any interiors, with other users suggesting that floor plans for many of the city's buildings should be made available to the public.


Minecraft continues to offer its fans new ways to create awesome looking builds within the game thanks to its frequent updates. Minecraft recently released a sizable update for the “Bedrock” version of the game, which includes everything from inventory bundles to changes to a variety of blocks. Mojang also recently announced its next “Minecraft Live” livestream event, coming later this week, which should bring a ton of news about future updates to the game. Minecraft continues to inspire its most passionate and creative fans to make breathtaking creations in the game.


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