This great vintage aerial photograph shows the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building in 1929, the year it finished construction and opened to the public. Once the tallest building in Brooklyn,…
This vintage map of Coney Island from 1906 shows a fantastic aerial view of the Brooklyn neighborhood as it existed over a century ago. Of the many amusement parks that existed then, only…
Eugene de Salignac was the official photographer of the NYC Department of Bridges from 1906 to 1934. During that time, Salignac captured over 20,000 photos as large, glass-plate negatives…
Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. In this recent upload, DJ Hammers took a ride on the New York…
Brooklyn's Dead Horse Bay is a favorite shooting spot for filmmakers and videographers due to it's unreal juxtaposition of a beautiful, serene beach, with mountains of vintage trash, bottles…
Everyone knows New York City is famous for its bagels, and it used to be that the City was the only place you could get a good one. Nowadays, you can get gourmet bagels just about everywhere…
This great vintage photograph shows the corner of West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn back in 1903. The roller coaster in the photograph is the Loop the Loop, one of…
This map, created and published in 1875 by printmakers Currier & Ives, shows Manhattan, Governors Island, Brooklyn and bits of New Jersey as seen from a birds eye view over Hoboken.…
This great vintage photograph shows the corner of West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn back in 1903. The roller coaster in the photograph is the Loop the Loop, one of…
This great vintage subway map shows the Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) subway lines as they appeared in 1938. These lines would later merge with the IRT and the BMT…
