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…
This fantastic vintage silent film from around 1916 shows a trip down the 6th Avenue El heading south starting at Midtown Manhattan. Created by the Ford Motor Company and placed within the…
Captured by iconic New York City street photographer Arthur Felig (better known as Weegee), this fun vintage photograph shows a bunch of kids playing in the spray of an opened fire hydrant…
This vintage map from 1958 shows the New York City subway system, separated by the three service division (BMT, IND, and IRT) before they were combined to form the MTA in 1965. While there…
This vintage photograph shows Bay Parkway and 86th Street at the neighborhood intersections of Bath Beach, Gravesend, and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, sometime around 1920. Here is a Google…
This great vintage photograph from around 1944 shows the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Emmons Avenue, in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. The trolley shown is the old Ocean…
Captured around late 1908 or early 1909, this fantastic vintage photograph shows the construction of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River. This shot was taken from Main Street, in…
Fort Tryon Park is a 66 acre park established in 1935 that sits at the Northern tip of Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. In this vintage photograph of the area captured two…
The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. It's grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…
This great vintage photograph from 1965 shows Times Square in the early evening. The theater in the center, on the corner of 47th Street and 7th Avenue, is the RKO Palace Theater, once New…
