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

West 142nd Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

4 historical photos taken here between 1932 and 1940, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1940

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

  • Apartment building, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • 8th Avenue & West 143rd Street, Manhattan (4 photos)
  • West 144th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • 8th Avenue & West 140th Street, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • Bradhurst Avenue & 142nd Street, Manhattan (5 photos)
  • Bradhurst Avenue & West 145th Street, Manhattan (7 photos)
  • 145th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (7 photos)
  • 7th Avenue & 142nd Street, 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: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932

Photo 1 of 4 at West 142nd Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 142nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

1932

303 West 142nd Street, adjoining the N.W. corner of Eighth Avenue. This is a three-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