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 125th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan

7 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1940, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 125th Street (West) - St. Nicholas Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 125th Street

    Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 125th Street

    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

  • West 125th Street & Morningside Avenue, Manhattan (22 photos)
  • St. Nicholas Avenue & West 126th Street, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • West 124th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan (9 photos)
  • 8th Avenue & 126th Street, Manhattan (3 photos)
  • West 123rd Street & Morningside Avenue, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • West 125th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (32 photos)
  • St. Nicholas Avenue & West 123rd Street, Manhattan (2 photos)
  • West 128th Street & Convent Avenue, 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: St. Nicholas Avenue - 125th Street

Photo 7 of 7 at West 125th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: St. Nicholas Avenue - 125th Street

Unknown

St. Nicholas Ave., n.e. cor. 125 St. P.L. Sperr 6-15-42

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