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

East 17th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan

6 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1942, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 17th Street - 1st Avenue, 1942

    Manhattan: 17th Street - 1st Avenue

    1942

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 17th St., 1942

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 17th St.

    1942

  • 17th Street (East) - First Avenue

    17th Street (East) - First Avenue

    Unknown

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

  • East 18th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • 19th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • East 15th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan (3 photos)
  • Avenue A & 18th Street, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • Livingston Place & East 16th Street, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • 20th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan (7 photos)
  • 15th Street & Avenue A, Manhattan (7 photos)
  • Stuyvesant Square Park, 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
17th Street (East) - First Avenue

Photo 6 of 6 at East 17th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan

17th Street (East) - First Avenue

Unknown

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