Monopoly Properties Ranked

Real Life Equivalent: New York Avenue is not the best street in Atlantic City. Innovative architecture lined New York Avenue, but in 2016 it is.This street is extremely nondescript.Parking lots, vacant lots, and warehouse buildings fill this street.

Pros to Owning: Rolling a nine from jail lands a player here. Drawing a "Go Back Three Spaces" card from Chance lands a player here. This results in New York Avenue sees heavy traffic..

Cons to Owning: None. This is part of the must-buy orange set.

Real Life Equivalent:St. James Place holds history in a small space. Although it only spans a few blocks, it has countless classic buildings on the property.Countless classic buildings sit on the property.This property has countless classic buildings.

Pros to Owning: This is one of the most valuable properties in the game because, statistically, the orange spaces are the most landed-on group.The orange spaces are the most landed-on group.The orange spaces are the most landed-on group.

Cons to Owning: Zero cons. Always buy orange properties.

Real Life Equivalent:Tennessee Avenue is a long street that captures much of Atlantic City. Besides other things, the street is home to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.The street is home to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

Pros to Owning: This is a must-buy property. Any roll of eight when leaving jail lands a player here.

Cons to Owning: None. This is the best space in the game.

Real Life Equivalent: Now named Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, the deed to this property includes the old Carnegie Library.

Pros to Owning: This is the most frequently landed-on space on the board, and the $1100 rent is a big deal.The space is the most frequently landed-on space on the board, and the $1100 rent is a big deal.

Cons to Owning: Like all red spaces, this is a high risk/high reward property due to building costs.

Real Life Equivalent:The New Revel Casinosits on Connecticut Avenue, meaning that if Monopoly was invented in 2016, it would be a much more expensive property to own.

Pros to Owning: The property with the highest ROIin the game. The price to build up is $370, and the first time someone lands on your hotel the rent is $600. That is a tidy 162% ROI.

Cons to Owning: Zero. Other than its very low frequency rank.

Real Life Equivalent:Kentucky Avenue has a real piece of Atlantic City history; the Madison Hotel was opened there in 1929. The hotel (now a Baymont Inn & Suites) reopened in 2014.The Madison Hotel was opened there in 1929.was opened there in 1929. The hotel (now a Baymont Inn & Suites) reopened in 2014.

Pros to Owning: You can win a game with reds, and Kentucky Avenue is part of that set.

Cons to Owning: Reds are high risk/high reward, and Kentucky Avenue is the second least-visited of the three spaces in that color group.

Real Life Equivalent:The Reading Railroadoperated in southeast Pennsylvania and surrounding states. Most former Reading lines are now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway.

Pros to Owning: Buying or acquiring three or four railroads early in the game is a great strategy. The railroads cost nothing to build up and will provide a constant income stream that will help fund everything else you do in the game.

Cons to Owning:If you get stuck with only one or two railroads, the cash flow isn't worth the initial purchase price.

Real Life Equivalent:A tiny street that entitles you to the backside of Bally's Casino, and that's about all.

Pros to OwningThe $1050 rent plus a hotel cripples someone's game.

Cons to Owning: Reds carry high risk and high reward. Indiana Avenue is the least visited of the three spaces in that color group.

Real Life Equivalent:The Atlantic City Boardwalk was thefirst of its kind in the country when it opened in 1870.Wooden planks stay. Shopping defines the modern Boardwalk.

Pros to Owning:If someone lands on this spot late in the game with a hotel, the rent hits $2,000. Game over.

Cons to Owning:Like Park place, building up the property costs money. If no one lands there, you waste lots of cash. It is a double-edged sword.

Real Life Equivalent: The 171-foot-tall Abescon Lighthouse stands. It is the tallest lighthouse in NJ.It sits on Vermont Avenue.The structure shut down in 1933. It still lights up every night.

Pros to Owning: Vermont Avenue has the second-best ROI in the game, tied with Oriental Avenue. It can be a major card for causing a housing shortage.

Cons to Owning:Buying is cheap, and housing costs are low. There are no downsides. However, it rarely gets landed on.

Real Life Equivalent:The B&O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad is now part of the CSX Transportation network.

Pros to Owning: Buying or getting three or four railroads early is agreat strategy.. The railroads cost nothing to build. They give a constant income stream that funds everything else you do in the game.

Cons to Owning:If you hold only one or two railroads, the cash flow does not justify the initial purchase price.

Real Life Equivalent:After holding several properties, the Pennsylvania Railroad isowned by the Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak..

Pros to Owning:Buying or getting three or four railroads early is agreat strategy.. The railroads cost nothing to build. They give a constant income stream that funds everything else you do in the game.

Cons to Owning:If you hold only one or two railroads, the cash flow does not justify the initial purchase price.

Real Life Equivalent: Oriental Avenue is a 10-block, blink-and-you-miss-it row ofin Atlantic City.in Atlantic City.

Pros to Owning:Oriental Avenue has the second-best ROI in the game, tied with Vermont Avenue. It can be a major card for causing a housing shortage.

Cons to Owning:Buying is cheap, and rent is good late in the game. There are few major downsides, except that no one might land on it.

Real Life Equivalent:States Avenue suffered damage from the Showboat Casino. Only a single block remains.Just a single block stays.

Pros to Owning:Housing and hotels cost little here, given the ROI.

Cons to Owning: No downsides. Building a strategy around the pinks is a solid bet. They do not get landed on often.

Real Life Equivalent:St. Charles Place is gone. The Showboat Casino built over this spot in 1987.It built over this spot in 1987..

Pros to OwningThis costs more than other early cards in the game, but the $750 hotel rent has been known to decide tournaments.decide tournaments.

Cons to Owning:Many ways exist to go to jail in Monopoly. St. Charles Place, being the first spot after jail, gets skipped often.

Real Life Equivalent: The Shore Fast LineThis line ran until 1948; a bus service replaced it.

Pros to Owning:Buying or getting three or four railroads early is a great strategy.great strategy. The railroads cost nothing to build and provide a constant income stream to fund everything else you do in the game.

Cons to Owning:If you only get one or two railroads, the cash flow does not justify the initial purchase price.

Real Life Equivalent: Not much classic Atlantic City exists here. Virginia Avenue mainly has new housing developments.

Pros to Owning: It costs more than other pink properties, but $700 for four houses makes it worthwhile.

Cons to Owning:You need a low number when rolled to hit it coming out of jail.

Frequency Rank:24 short, 22 long

Real Life Equivalent:Marvin Gardens is a postcard-worthy housing communityIt features immaculately kept houses from the 1920s and 1930s. It is easily the prettiest property on the board.

Pros to Owning:Of all the yellows, this is the most valuable. It is the first space on the board with a four-figure rent using just houses.

Cons to Owning: Of the yellows, it is the most worth building on. Still, it is a big risk since the group does not land on it as often as some others.

Real Life Equivalent:Ventnor Avenue meets Ventnor City, the town southwest of Atlantic City. This makes it a well-named street.

Pros to Owning: Rents include a hotelRents reach $1150. This can change the game late in the game.

Cons to Owning: Yellow properties lack the value of reds or oranges due to high cost and distance from jail.

Frequency Rank:16 short, 18 long

Real Life Equivalent:Over eight miles of commercial propertiesfrom Atlantic City to Longport.

Pros to Owning: The first yellow property is the most landed on in its color group.landed-on in the color group.

Cons to Owning:Yellow properties lack the value of reds or oranges because of high cost and long distance from jail.

Real Life Equivalent: The real Baltic Avenueis a thriving retail space with a J. Crew on the corner.

Pros to Owning: Baltic Avenue costs the same as Mediterranean Avenue, but the property rent doubles across most of the card.

Cons to Owning:It remains only a low-level brown property. You cannot set your winning strategy around it.

Real Life Equivalent:There is no park here anymore (though there was). This small road section is best known forbeing part of Bally's.

Pros to Owning:The $1,500 rent when fully built up with a hotel can decide games on one turn.

Cons to Owning:This is one of the least landed onBuilding spots in the game costs a lot of money.

Real Life Equivalent:Mediterranean Avenue runs Northeast through Atlantic City. It holds almost all low-rise housing.

Pros to Owning:It is cheap to buy and offers two properties.

Cons to Owning: Even with a hotelThe maximum rent is $250. Players landing on the property just passed Go, collecting $200. This means you lose only $50.

Real Life Equivalent:Yes, there arewater works facilitiesin Atlantic City.

Pros to Owning:The Water Works ischeap to buy and pays for itself fast.. Pairing it with the Electric Company is especially good. It is a fire-and-forget card early in the game.

Cons to Owning:There is no explosive growth potential here, unlike regular property cards or railroads.

Real Life Equivalent:Yes, there areelectric companiesin Atlantic City.

Pros to Owning:This property is interesting because therent depends on the dice roll.. If you are lucky, you gain about $80 every time someone lands here, provided you have this and the Water Works.

Cons to Owning:It is not worth buying at full price, but a trade works if you can make it in your favor.

Real Life Equivalent:The main building on North Carolina Avenue isthe Resorts Casino.

Pros to Owning:The hotel rent of $1275 can win a game for you.

Cons to Owning:Greens cost a lot to build up. With three in the set, they work best as trade bait.

Real Life Equivalent:The myth beats the reality here. Real life Pennsylvania Avenue gives you the back of many casinos.

Pros to Owning:This offers the highest game return, 108% with three houses. Building a fourth house or a hotel is not worth it.

Cons to Owning:Greens cost a lot to build up. With three in the set, they work best as trade bait.

Real Life Equivalent:Pacific Avenue runs alongside the Boardwalk. It is a busy, high-end street. There areplenty of casinos, including Caesars and the Atlantic City Hilton Resort.

Pros to Owning:Therent here is very highonce built up.

Cons to Owning:Greens cost a lot to build up. With three properties in the set, they work best as trade bait.