East River Drive & East 55th Street, Manhattan
85 historical photos taken here between 1901 and 1963, oldest first.
Photos
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Welfare Island.], 1901](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F09edcf2b-b926-404c-accc-20808f4b9f82.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Welfare Island.]
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - East River., 1901](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F459ca005-3718-47d8-b316-e60d2a496d6b.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - East River.
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Construction of the bridge connection.], 1917](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fcfbfcc0f-ffe5-4608-a26d-39fe3649bd31.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Construction of the bridge connection.]
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Showing pavement before construction.], 1919](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F0852ceb2-ad43-492d-8525-26640dff7730.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Showing pavement before construction.]
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - Stoning pavement., 1919](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F66288648-d033-4cf6-89a8-8ecfd669495c.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - Stoning pavement.
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Welfare Island - S.S. Providence.], 1925–1926](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F3bc22655-182e-44b7-9e23-d3597a61c21c.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Welfare Island - S.S. Providence.]
1925; 1926
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [River traffic - Welfare Island.], 1925–1928](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F549ca1ac-e296-4809-bc6f-8cfacb9358c8.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [River traffic - Welfare Island.]
1925; 1928
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [River traffic - Welfare Island.], 1925–1928](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F8de0b64b-6016-4444-8674-fd419c94d0fe.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [River traffic - Welfare Island.]
1925; 1928
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Welfare Island - S.S. Providence.], 1925–1926](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fa32c5042-266d-4aa3-9567-39c0765f5c46.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Welfare Island - S.S. Providence.]
1925; 1926
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [River traffic - Welfare Island.], 1925–1928](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fefa2f082-baa8-4c75-a67b-be4fe214df58.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [River traffic - Welfare Island.]
1925; 1928
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Waterfront scene.], 1926](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fea417ba8-695e-4d37-a238-1686cdcf8dea.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Waterfront scene.]
![East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 50th Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Campanile Apartments.], 1927](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F11c0ea3c-4cb8-43fe-89be-62bf3948fcc0.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 50th Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Campanile Apartments.]
![East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 51st Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [River House; Consumers Brewing Company.], 1927–1935](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F62d80666-a49f-4217-b796-632b0290f6a1.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 51st Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [River House; Consumers Brewing Company.]
1927; 1933; 1935
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Manhattan side.], 1927–1933](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fbc404740-966c-4eff-afd2-59d80fba2d64.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Manhattan side.]
1927; 1933
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Manhattan side.], 1927–1933](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fdd358d25-0414-4d5b-8c2c-626c11107a89.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Manhattan side.]
1927; 1933
![East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 51st Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [River House; Consumers Brewing Company.], 1927–1935](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fed7de13a-285e-49d1-b7ff-0889976b3fcf.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 51st Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [River House; Consumers Brewing Company.]
1927; 1933; 1935
Manhattan: Marie Curie Avenue - 70th Street
General view - Midtown Manhattan from Consolidated Edison building.
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [S.S. Congo at East 53rd Street dock, Manhattan.], 1930–1933](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F090e7d5b-1743-4fd2-aefa-9db225abb64b.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [S.S. Congo at East 53rd Street dock, Manhattan.]
1930; 1933
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Long Island City.], 1930–1932](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F1536cb14-5ec0-45b7-b232-e477921a4a01.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Long Island City.]
1930; 1932
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [New York Hospital.], 1930–1935](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F98f18d2f-3d17-4027-9562-5260d9f67fa2.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [New York Hospital.]
1930; 1935
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [New York Hospital.], 1930–1935](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fb06046a6-dd11-4cee-93df-ab9ed640c951.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [New York Hospital.]
1930; 1935
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [S.S. Congo at East 53rd Street dock, Manhattan.], 1930–1933](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fbf99b183-0e0c-4f09-8a7c-48d2041c9911.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [S.S. Congo at East 53rd Street dock, Manhattan.]
1930; 1933
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Long Island City.], 1930–1932](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fc1f2e241-dba6-46a5-b634-3688d67bab0d.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Long Island City.]
1930; 1932
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [East River banks at about 50th Street, Manhattan.], 1932](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F83993e11-97ee-4862-98e5-0998f79b3c5c.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [East River banks at about 50th Street, Manhattan.]
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge., 1933](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F14419db4-6e8c-4c25-a19d-be67d93cceb4.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Byrnes Brothers Warehouse.], 1933](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F2575cb19-6978-4d82-aaa1-1b92ac2d7a81.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Byrnes Brothers Warehouse.]
![Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Channel east of Welfare Island]., 1933–1934](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F4912441c-6296-4575-be51-0f664a0b0ee0.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Channel east of Welfare Island].
1933; 1934
![Queens: Long Island City - [Industrial Long Island City and its waterfront.], 1933–1936](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F65777b70-62b3-41b9-b25c-29801a4cabdf.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Queens: Long Island City - [Industrial Long Island City and its waterfront.]
1933; 1936
Bridges -- Queensboro Bridge
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 60th and 63rd Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Byrnes Brothers Warehouse.]
Queens: Long Island City - [Industrial Long Island City and its waterfront.]
1933; 1936
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Channel east of Welfare Island].
1933; 1934
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [South walk looking westward to Manhattan].
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [View of the bridge from Allen Point.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [View of the bridge from Allen Point.]
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 75th Street - Queensborough Bridge - [Welfare Island Ferry.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [View of the bridge from Astoria, Queens.]
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 24th Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges.
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 24th Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 83rd and 97th Streets - Queensborough Bridge - [New York Edison Company.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
East River - Queens shore - Astoria - [Tisdale Lumber and Coal Company.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [View of the bridge from East 61st Street in Manhattan.]
East River - Queens shore - Astoria - [Tisdale Lumber and Coal Company.]
East River - Queens shore - Astoria - [Tisdale Lumber and Coal Company.]
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 83rd and 97th Streets - Queensborough Bridge - [New York Edison Company.]
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 50th and 58th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Campanile Apartments ; River House.]
1937; 1939
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan between East 50th and 58th Streets - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Campanile Apartments ; River House.]
1937; 1939
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
General view - Midtown Manhattan.
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 49th Street - [Beekman residential area.]
East River - Manhattan shore [from East 55th Street.]
East River - Manhattan shore - [East River Drive.]
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 58th Street - Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges - [Riverview Terrace.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [View of the bridge from East 48th Street in Manhattan.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [View of the bridge from East 48th Street in Manhattan.]
Bridges - Queensborough Bridge.
Manhattan: East River Drive - 55th Street (East)
1939; 1940
East River - Manhattan shore - [East River Drive.]
Manhattan: East River Drive - 55th Street (East)
1939; 1940
East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 32nd Street.
Queens: Bridge Plaza North - 21st Street
Bridges - Queensborough Bridge.
Manhattan: Marie Curie Avenue - 69th Street (East)
East River - Manhattan shore [from East 55th Street.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [View of the bridge from East 57th Street in Manhattan.]
Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
Bridges - Blackwell's Island [Queensborough] Bridge.
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Bridges - Queensboro Bridge
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Bridges - Queensboro Bridge
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Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Queensboro Bridge Plaza.]
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Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
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Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.
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Bridges - Queensboro Bridge
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General View - Aerial view - Rivers - East River
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Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge - [Central Park Brewery.]
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