Berenice Abbott (1898 — 1991) was a prolific street photographer of early New York City. In this vintage photograph from about 1935, see the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway, long before…
Captured by the famous photographer Eugene de Salignac on April 24th, 1933, this incredible vintage photograph shows the view of lower Manhattan from the top of one of the Brooklyn Bridge's…
Rodriguez drove a cab from 1977 to 1985, and in the last two of those years, he was studying to be a photographer. He lost his first set of gear in a classic ’70s New York stabbing and…
Opened in 1950, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade sits directly over the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and offers one of the best views in the City, looking out over the New York Harbor and Lower…
Check out the Prospect Park Alliance to learn more about Brooklyn's crown jewel park, or the organization who helped turn it around from the 1980s lowpoint. Prospect Park Alliance, the…
New York City in 1979 was a very different kind, with a completely different feel to it. Get a small sense of what the City was like back then through these vintage photographs captured by…
Le Boudoir is a cocktail bar that is tucked away in on of the most unique settings in all of New York: An abandoned subway tunnel. The oldest in New York, this once-lost subway tunnel was…
Back in the early 1980s, when the New York City subway was a dirty, grimy, and crime-ridden place, the red-beret wearing Guardian Angels would protect commuters by establish a presence on…
Brennan & Carr is an old school diner-like joint in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, that serves up some delicious dipped Roast Beef sandwiches and burgers since opening way back in the early…
All photos via Jennimaria Palomaki for Viewing NYC To visit the New York Transit Museum is, in many ways, to trace the history of the significant events, cultural forces, and technological…
