Liberty City in GTA 4: Every Borough Explained

Liberty City is not one map, it is five arguments about what a city is. This borough tour assumes the GTA IV APK edition and walks the map in the order the story opens it, with the real New York and New Jersey roots of each district attached.

Broker and Dukes: the landing

Broker is Brooklyn: brownstones, elevated trains and Hove Beach, the Russian enclave where Niko's American life starts in a one room apartment above a taxi depot. Dukes, across the water, is Queens: quieter streets, the stadium, and Francis International Airport at the map's edge.

These two boroughs carry the whole first act, and their slower traffic is the game's driving school. Learn the East Borough Bridge and the Algonquin Bridge approaches now; you will cross both at speed later.

Bohan and Algonquin: the squeeze and the skyline

Bohan is the Bronx, the smallest borough and the roughest: a safehouse, a strip of tough streets and some of the story's most desperate characters. It opens early and teaches the cover system by force.

Algonquin is Manhattan and the postcard: Star Junction's neon canyon, the Rotterdam Tower, finance, fashion and the missions that finally pay serious money. It is also where the frame rate and the wanted system both peak, a pairing GTA 4 Wanted System helps you survive.

Alderney: the other side of the river

Alderney is New Jersey, a separate state in the fiction and a different mood in the game: industrial yards, strip malls, suburbs and the Italian families who prefer distance from the city's heat. It opens last and hosts the story's endgame.

The bridges and the Booth Tunnel are Alderney's lifelines. A player who knows all three crossings can break any pursuit the game builds, which is why this borough rewards explorers most. Round the tour out with GTA 4 Vehicles and pick the right car for each district's roads.