Images of 1930s New York

Waterfront, South Street, Manhattan

These amazing photographs of New York in the 1930s are part of the Changing New York Collection from the New York Public Library. These featured photos were taken in 1935 by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) and sponsored by the Federal Art Project, New York N.Y.

56th Street and First Avenue, Billie's Bar, Manhattan

Broome Street, Nos. 504-506, Manhattan

Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan

Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan

 

Broadway Near Broome Street, Manhattan

Country Store: Interior, Ewen Avenue, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx

Hot Dog Stand, West St. and North Moore, Manhattan

Jay Street, No. 115, Brooklyn

Jefferson Market Court, Southwest Corner of Sixth Avenue and West 10th Street, Looking North from Southwest Corner of Sixth Avenue and West 9th Street, Manhattan

Murray Hill Hotel, from Park Avenue and 40th Street, Manhattan

News Stand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan

Oak and New Chambers Streets, Manhattan

Radio Row, Cortlandt Street, Manhattan

Traveling Tin Shop, Brooklyn

Tri-boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan

Brooklyn Bridge, Water and Dock Streets, looking southwest, Brooklyn