Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAboutGet the iPhone app (opens the App Store)
  1. Browse /
  2. Bronx /
  3. This place

Webster Avenue & 179th Street, Bronx

2 historical photos taken here between 1938 and 1942, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Bronx: Webster Avenue - 179th Street (East), 1938

    Bronx: Webster Avenue - 179th Street (East)

    1938

  • Bronx: Webster Avenue - 179th Street, 1942

    Bronx: Webster Avenue - 179th Street

    1942

Stand where these photos were taken

The free OldNYC app for iPhone centers the map on you and shows the historical photos taken closest to where you are.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone

Nearby places

  • Burnside Avenue (Eas & Valentine Avenue, Bronx (2 photos)
  • 180th Street & Washington Avenue, Bronx (2 photos)
  • Park Avenue & Tremont Avenue, Bronx (3 photos)
  • Park Avenue & 181st Street, Bronx (2 photos)
  • Tremont Avenue (East & Monterey Avenue, Bronx (2 photos)
  • Burnside Avenue (Eas & Grand Concourse, Bronx (2 photos)

Explore

  • Map
  • Browse by place
  • Browse by decade

Boroughs

  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
  • Queens
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island

About

  • About and contact
  • Privacy

Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

OldNYC for iPhone

Find the historical photos taken closest to where you stand.

Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store
Bronx: Webster Avenue - 179th Street, 1942

Photo 2 of 2 at Webster Avenue & 179th Street, Bronx

Bronx: Webster Avenue - 179th Street

1942

Webster Ave., n.e. cor. & 179th ST. 8-31-1942 P.L.Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

See this spot on the mapView on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab)

See this photo in high resolution

Zoom into the full-resolution scan in the OldNYC app for iPhone with OldNYC Supporter ($4.99). The free app also centers the map on you, so you can find the photos taken closest to where you stand.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone