The best nonfiction children’s books about New York City

Book cover of A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park Book cover of The Secret Subway Book cover of City Shapes Book cover of Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood Book cover of Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge

Want books like The Secret Subway?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Secret Subway.

Book cover of Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge Book cover of Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood Book cover of City Shapes Book cover of A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park Book cover of Our Subway Baby Book cover of Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story

Browse books like The Secret Subway

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in New York State, New York City, and presidential biography?

New York State 605 books
New York City 1,206 books
Presidential Biography 20 books