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

18th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

25 historical photos taken here between 1918 and 1945, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1918

    Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1918

  • Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 17th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 17th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 18th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 18th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 17th Street (West)., 1938

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 17th Street (West).

    1938

  • Occupations - Pawn shop., 1938

    Occupations - Pawn shop.

    1938

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1938

  • 346-352 West 17th Street - Eighth Avenue, 1945-03-17

    346-352 West 17th Street - Eighth Avenue

    1945-03-17

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

  • West 20th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (10 photos)
  • 16th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (30 photos)
  • 8th Avenue & 15th Street, Manhattan (92 photos)
  • 9th Avenue & 16th Street, Manhattan (11 photos)
  • 9th Avenue & West 18th Street, Manhattan (44 photos)
  • 7th Avenue & 18th Street, Manhattan (14 photos)
  • 9th Avenue & 19th Street, Manhattan (9 photos)
  • 8th Avenue & 21st Street, Manhattan (5 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
Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

Photo 2 of 25 at 18th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 18th Street - 8th Avenue

1920

(1) 18th Street, 8th to 9th Avenue. (Before reconstruction). September 12, 1920. (2) Same, after reconstruction. December 20, 1920.

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