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

8th Avenue & West 52nd Street, Manhattan

30 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1942, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 52nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 52nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1927

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1927

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1927

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1927

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1928–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1928–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1928–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 52nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932–1939

    Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1932; 1939

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932–1939

    Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1932; 1939

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 52nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 53rd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 53rd Street (West)- 8th Avenue., 1937

    Manhattan: 53rd Street (West)- 8th Avenue.

    1937

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1939

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1939

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 53rd Street - 8th Avenue, 1942

    Manhattan: 53rd Street - 8th Avenue

    1942

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street, 1942

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street

    1942

  • Eighth Avenue - 52nd Street looking south

    Eighth Avenue - 52nd Street looking south

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd Street

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 53rd 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

  • 8th Avenue & West 54th Street, Manhattan (21 photos)
  • 51st Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (10 photos)
  • 54th Street & Broadway, Manhattan (16 photos)
  • Broadway & 52nd Street, Manhattan (11 photos)
  • Broadway & 51st Street, Manhattan (17 photos)
  • West 50th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan (17 photos)
  • 51st Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan (8 photos)
  • Broadway & 55th Street, Manhattan (18 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: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West), 1939

Photo 25 of 30 at 8th Avenue & West 52nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 52nd Street (West)

1939

Eighth Avenue, north from W. 52nd Street, showing the Sixth Avenue "El" running easterly and westerly on W. 53rd Street. The house-like structures thereupon is its Eighth Avenue station. This will be one of the first portions of this line to be demolished. Underneath same in the background appears the Columbus monument in Columbus Circle. The open parking lot at the right is at the N.E. corner of this thoroughfare and W. 52nd Street. P. L. Sperr Jan. 8, 1939 Views: 1-2

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