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 96th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

17 historical photos taken here between 1905 and 1941, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Social conditions: 1840 Second Avenue bet. 95th and 96th Street., 1905

    Social conditions: 1840 Second Avenue bet. 95th and 96th Street.

    1905

  • Social conditions: tenements - 1840-1842 2nd Avenue., 1910

    Social conditions: tenements - 1840-1842 2nd Avenue.

    1910

  • Social conditions: Second Avenue el, south from 95th Street., 1910

    Social conditions: Second Avenue el, south from 95th Street.

    1910

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1915–1941

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1915; 1916; 1933; 1941

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1915–1941

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1915; 1916; 1933; 1941

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1915–1941

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1915; 1916; 1933; 1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street, 1927–1934

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street

    1927; 1934

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street, 1927–1934

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street

    1927; 1934

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street (East)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1941

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 96th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1941

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

  • 2nd Avenue & East 97th Street, Manhattan (12 photos)
  • 2nd Avenue & East 94th Street, Manhattan (5 photos)
  • 1st Ave & 96th St, Manhattan (10 photos)
  • 2nd Avenue & East 98th Street, Manhattan (15 photos)
  • 1st Ave & 94th St. E, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • 97th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan (12 photos)
  • East 94th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (3 photos)
  • Csarda Hungarian Inn bar: 203 E. 92nd St.- 3rd Av, Manhattan (3 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: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1915–1941

Photo 4 of 17 at East 96th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 96th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

1915; 1916; 1933; 1941

E. 96th Street, east from Second Avenue, showing on the north side of this street one side of the old car barn of the Second Avenue Railroad Co. On the opposite side and near First Avenue is P.S. No. 150. Note the power plant and stack of the New York Railways Co. on the East River. View No. 2 shows only the car barn and the Second Avenue "El". August 1933. View 2: September 14, 1938. Geo. L. Balgue P.L. Sperr Same as view 2, from a different angle, looking westward from First Avenue. P. L. Sperr April 25, 1941

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