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 & 66th Street, Manhattan

1 historical photo taken here in 1920.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 66th Street, 1920

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 66th Street

    1920

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

  • 3rd Avenue & 67th Street, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • East 68th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, Manhattan (12 photos)
  • 2nd Avenue & 67th Street, Manhattan (5 photos)
  • East 67th Street & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan (24 photos)
  • 66th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan (4 photos)
  • East 70th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (3 photos)
  • 68th Street & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan (9 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: 3rd Avenue - 66th Street, 1920

Photo 1 of 1 at 3rd Avenue & 66th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 66th Street

1920

Third Avenue, west side, north from 66th to 67th Streets. The corner house (Stein's Shoe Store) is No. 1130 Third Avenue. The new building on 66th Street, just showing at the left, was built in 1916. About 1920. Edwin Levick, Photographer. Gift of E. M. Jenks.

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