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

3rd Avenue & 119th Street, Manhattan

3 historical photos taken here between 1932 and 1934, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 119th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 119th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 119th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 119th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 119th Street, 1934

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 119th Street

    1934

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

  • 121st Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (17 photos)
  • Lexington Avenue & 119th Street, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • East 117th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • Lexington Avenue & East 118th Street, Manhattan (7 photos)
  • Peddlers, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • East 117th Street & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan (4 photos)
  • East 121st Street & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan (13 photos)
  • 3rd Avenue & East 116th Street, Manhattan (4 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: 119th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1932

Photo 2 of 3 at 3rd Avenue & 119th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 119th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

1932

210-206 East 119th Street, south side, east of Third Avenue. No. 208 is a two-story frame house. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York.

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