List of locations

Places

Train Station- the place you first arrive at and the place you go to go to another players town

Nooks Shop- this is the general store in your town and the upgrades you can have are Nooks Cranny, Nook'n Go, Nookway, and Nookingtons

Dump- this is the place you throw and collect non-wanted items

Post Office- the place you go to deposit mortgage, mail or save letters, and do stuff with the e reader machine

Museum- the place you donate all your fossils, paintings, fish, and bugs collected

Wishing Well- this is the town center where all of the events take place

Police Station- this is the place you can access the lost and found and find out about upcoming events

Dock- this is the place you go to find kappn and go to the island

Tailor- the place you go to to make patterns

Town Hall- this replaces the post office, wishing well, and dump and is the home of the mayor

Museum- the place you donate all your fossils, paintings, fish, and bugs collected

Nooks Shop- this is the general store in your town and the upgrades you can have are Nooks Cranny, Nook'n Go, Nookway, and Nookingtons

Tailor- the place you go to to make patterns and buy clothes

Town Gate- this replaces the train station and police station

In the Town
Town Hall- the Mayors Place and the Post office and the Main Center and home of all events in your town

Museum- the place you donate all your fossils, paintings, fish, and bugs collected

Nooks Shop- this is the general store in your town and the upgrades you can have are Nooks Cranny, Nook'n Go, Nookway, and Nookingtons

Tailor- the place you go to to make patterns and buy clothes. you can now make pro patterns

Town Gate- this is the way you get to another players town

Bus Stop- The place you first arrive and how you get to the City

In the City
Redds Shop- the black Market

Marquee- the comedy club and place to get emotions

HRA- the happy room academy is where you can go see the model home

Gracie Grace- the fashion shop in the city

Auction House- the place you can go to bid and place items

Shampoodle- the salon in animal crossing

Fortune Shop- you can get a charm or a fortune here

Ressetti Survellance Center- the HQ for Resetti

New Leaf features a new Main Street, a shopping district located to the north of every player's town. The shopping district features a wide array of shops and venues, many of which are new to the series:
 * Timmy and Tommy's store - Formerly run by Tom Nook in previous games, Timmy and Tommy now run the general store in New Leaf.
 * Able Sisters - The Able Sisters offer clothing a in past games, in addition to now offering the ability to share and obtain created patterns through QR codes.
 * Labelle also returns, and is connected to the Able Sisters selling hats, umbrellas, and other accessories.
 * Post Office - The postal service returns as an independent building on Main Street.
 * Nook's Homes - Players can alter the appearance of their home and buy a variety of designs and decorative objects from Tom Nook.
 * Kicks - A shop that sells shoes and socks, run by a skunk namedKicks, a minor character who first appeared in.
 * Garden Center - A shop that sells flower seeds and tree saplings, run by a sloth named Leif.
 * Shampoodle - Located upstairs to the Able Sisters, offering hair and eye color styling. Like previous games, the store is once again run by Harriet, a poodle.
 * Museum - Blathers continues to run the town's museum, which now offers a wider range of fossils and fish to exhibit, and a second floor featuring an exhibition room and a museum shop run by Celeste.
 * Club LOL - A club run by K.K. Slider and Dr. Shrunk. K.K Slider works daily as a DJ, while still holding traditional performances on Saturday nights.
 * Photo Booth - A booth that allows the player to take a picture for their I.D. card.
 * Dream Suite - Run by Luna, allowing players to visit other towns by inputting that town's dream address. The visit is set in a dream world, so no alterations can be made to that town.
 * Happy Home Showcase - A showcase that stores houses of other players who have exchanged data via StreetPass. The homes may be viewed, and furniture from the houses can be ordered for purchase.
 * Fortune Shop - After receiving 20 fortunes from Katrina during her visits, she will open a permanent Fortune Shop.

Other buildings found in the town include:
 * Re-Tail - A shop run by Reese and Cyrus, where the player can sell items, customize furniture, and recycle items into new creations.
 * Police Station - The police station returns as a public works project for the town. There are two different styles the player can choose from:
 * Classic, which run by Booker and appears as square wooden building.
 * Modern, which is run by Copper and resembles the rounded building seen in previous games.
 * Resetti Surveillance Center - The surveillance center returns as a public works project, which is designed as a manhole cover the player may enter after rainy days.
 * The Roost - This coffee shop also makes a return as a standalone building that can be built through a public works project. Brewster makes his return in the Roost, who the player can now work part-time for, and take coffee to-go outside of the Roost.
 * Campground - A campground can be constructed as a public works project. Depending on the season, Tents and Igloos will periodically appear with animal visitors. Players can play games with them, and occasionally encourage, or discourage them to move into their town.