Opening in June of 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is the only bridge spanning the East River that is not a suspension bridge, but rather a five-span cantilever truss. From opening day until…
When the Queensboro Bridge first opened in 1909, the Queens neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria were relatively undeveloped. There were some industrial sites along the East River,…
Opened in 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is a large steel cantilevered-truss bridge spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, directly over Roosevelt Island.…
Compiled by YouTubers Wonderful Life, this great video slideshow shows 30 incredible vintage photographs from all around New York City in the 1910s, with captions. Check it out!
Sadly, put Diners on the list of NYC's endangered species list. Since 1974, Shalimar Diner has been serving up comfort food to Rego Park, Queens residents. There's no such thing as "just a…
In a detailed study titled Here Grows New York, Columbia University student Myles Zhang used publicly-accessible data from the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress to create…
Here are the last four trolley lines to operate in New York City: #35 The Church Avenue Line, #68 The Coney Avenue Line, #50 The MacDonald Avenue Line, all in Brooklyn shown operating with…
New York's iconic Queensboro Bridge is one of the city's most recognizable sights. The bridge was still relatively new when these films were taken. The upper deck carried Second Avenue…
This vintage photograph shows the old TWA Terminal at New York City's JFK International Airport in Jamaica, Queens in 1962. Once the most futuristic building at the airport, the terminal…
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…
