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

East 37th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan

21 historical photos taken here between 1919 and 1940, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Manhattan: 37th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 37th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 37th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1923

    Manhattan: 37th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1923

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East), 1939

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 37th Street (East)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

    1939; 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

  • Lexington Avenue & East 37th Street, Manhattan (8 photos)
  • East 38th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (15 photos)
  • 3rd Avenue & East 36th Street, Manhattan (16 photos)
  • East 38th Street & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan (5 photos)
  • East 39th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (6 photos)
  • Lexington Avenue & East 36th Street, Manhattan (13 photos)
  • West 40th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan (10 photos)
  • Lexington Avenue & East 35th Street, Manhattan (5 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: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue, 1939

Photo 14 of 21 at East 37th Street & 3rd Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 37th Street (East) - 3rd Avenue

1939

1-east 37th Street, and east of Third Avenue looking north from 37th Street, showing the Tunnel Road approach. 2-same, from different angle P. L. Sperr July 20, 1941 View 1,2 3- East 37th Street, north side at the northeast corner of Third Avenue. F. L. Sperr May 26, 1939 View 3

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