In Brazil this button comes with a response team. That's the full Guardian.
How it works
Tap a zone for its note. Slide the hour: the map shifts with the street. Green is easy, gold is stay sharp, red is phone away. Keep it open while you move and it buzzes you entering a phone-away zone.
Built on 12 months of real NYPD incident data, every neighborhood across the five boroughs, plus local knowledge of the corridors. Updated June 2026. Guidance, not a guarantee. Care, not fear.
THE CUP IN NEW YORK
Eight matches. One stadium.
Tap a match to fly the map there and see the safe ways in. We’ve got you.
Match day, step by step
Going in: MetLife is in the Meadowlands, New Jersey, so no subway reaches it. Best move: NJ Transit to Secaucus Junction, then the Meadowlands line straight to the stadium on match days. Or a coach bus from Port Authority. Both routes are green on the map.
Getting out: phones pocketed, wallets in front, the crush is where pockets get picked. Extra trains run back to Secaucus after the whistle. For rideshare, use the official zones (blue dots) and expect a wait, and steep surge, when 80,000 fans leave at once.
The line: the stadium complex and the rail platforms are the bright, staffed side. Wandering the dark parking lots and the highway shoulders of the Meadowlands on foot after dark is not the post-match move. Ride the rail.
MetLife hosts 8 World Cup matches, including the Final on July 19, 2026. Expect the heaviest crowds and the steepest rideshare surge on Final day. Plan your way back before kickoff.
The alerts, try each one
The taps on the shoulder the map gives you. Preview them now so you recognize them on the street.
Zone line alert
Crossing into a phone-away zone while the map is open: a banner plus a double buzz.
Match-day amber
The stadium zone turns amber from 3 hours before kickoff, and the Match Center up top counts it down.
High Line cautions
After dark, red markers light the quiet stretches and the access points along the High Line.
Zone change where you stand
The street changes with the hour. If your zone moves up or down a level, the map tells you the moment it turns.
Watching confirmation
When you tap FIND ME, the map confirms it's tracking and taps you at every zone line.
Alerts fire while the app is open. No background tracking, no push spam, and your location never leaves your phone.
The car rule
If you drive in, break-ins are the top tourist loss, and one habit stops nearly all of them: an empty-looking car stays shut. Nothing visible, no bag, jacket, or cable. Stash it in the trunk before you park. Same rule in every lot, every time.
Walk the High Line
Pick your stops and how long you want to walk. We build the route, time it, and walk it with you, stop by stop.
How long do you want to walk?
Pick your stops
or plan a stretch yourself
Pick a start and a finish to map your walk.
See & do on the High Line
The stops everyone hits, plus the ones most visitors miss. Tap any for directions.
Skip the surge
During the Cup, Uber can surge 3x to 5x, worst right after matches and late at night. We don't surge. A driver you can trust, a flat price you see before you ride, scheduled to you.
We confirm the price and the pickup with you on WhatsApp before you ride. Prices are flat, never surged.
Bryant's story
Six years ago I flew to Rio for Carnival and the world shut down. I stayed, and built what a guidebook never could: real relationships. A family on the ground who open doors, keep you safe, and show you the city the way they live it.
That became Black Brazil Exchange. Trips to Brazil built around what you actually want, with people who have your back the whole way. And B.E Guardian, the safety side, vetted locals who walk the night with you and a team that answers when you need one.
The World Cup brought the world to New York, so I brought the tech home. This free map is a taste of what we do in Rio every day. If Brazil's on your list, that's the real thing. We've got you.
On-device, no sign-up, your location never leaves your phone.
The playbook
What we do back home
Going to Rio after the Cup?
In Rio, B.E Guardian goes further, with humans on the ground: live protection, snatch detection, cash rescue when a card dies, vetted Lookouts who walk the night with you, and a team that answers when you hit SOS.
