Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAbout
  1. Browse /
  2. 1930s /
  3. This photo
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street

1931

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street

Fifth Avenue, west side, south from 39th Street. In the centre is the Brick Presbyterian Church, and behind it, in the background, towers the recently opened Empire State Building. May 31, 1931. P. L. Sperr, Photographer.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

View this location on the map →View on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab) →

More photos from this spot

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street

    1934

  • 424 Fifth Avenue - West 38th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street

    1907

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (South) - 5th Avenue.

    1930

  • Manhattan: 39th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1909

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 40th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1923

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1923

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 39th Street

    1935

  • Fifth Avenue - 39th Street, southwest corner -

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 40th Street

    Unknown

About and contactPrivacyPhotos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection