r/nycHistory 10h ago

1919. Old Penn Station. 8 Acers: 7th to 8th Avenues-31rd t0 33rd Streets. Mid-Town Manhattan. 11 Platforms, 21 Tracks. Torn Down 1963

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r/nycHistory 1h ago

Big day for subway fans: MTA sells old MetroCard vending machines for more than $2K

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r/nycHistory 1d ago

1960. Pedestrians of Greenwich Village area, looking from 8th Street toward 6th Avenue NYC

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r/nycHistory 2d ago

Historic Picture The Five Points 1800s

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r/nycHistory 2d ago

Historic Place My Five Points map in Farcry Arcade compared to real life.

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r/nycHistory 2d ago

Soviet schoolgirls in New York. Six students, and the daughters of diplomats stationed in NYC for the United Nations, having an evening gathering at the USSR's Permanent Mission in North Riverdale, The Bronx (1981)

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r/nycHistory 2d ago

Washington’s Retreat | Part 5 of 5: When the British Ruled Brooklyn

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Over the last week, I’ve been sharing Washington’s Retreat, a five-part series following George Washington through the streets of modern-day Brooklyn Heights and exploring the decisions that helped save the Continental Army — and possibly the Revolution itself.

I’ve put the entire story together in one video. If you’re interested in Brooklyn history, the American Revolution, or just want to know what happened right here in our neighborhood, you can watch the full video below.

https://youtu.be/qvT7_hckt2U?si=R8jLsMGSBEHiMdBs


r/nycHistory 2d ago

Event TIL that when New York City opened its underground pneumatic mail system in 1897, postal workers sent a live cat through the tubes as a demonstration. The cat came out unharmed.

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r/nycHistory 2d ago

Historic footage Amazing old photos of New York City

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r/nycHistory 3d ago

1922 . Photos of the Christian Nicklaus Family Home which sat on the Property in Queens area 150th St & 147th Ave before the JFK Airport was built on it.

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r/nycHistory 4d ago

On top of the Empire State Building in 1932.

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r/nycHistory 4d ago

Original content Penn Station, 1910 | 1:1 concourse reconstruction

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New York’s original Pennsylvania Station opened in 1910. Its demolition became one of the defining cases in the city’s preservation history. I reconstructed the station’s train concourse at full scale as a fully playable environment in Unreal Engine.

This was a solo project built from archival photographs, architectural plans, and blueprints. I figured y'all might appreciate this! :)

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/vzJOw6


r/nycHistory 3d ago

Washington’s Retreat | Part 4 of 5: The Decision at Four Chimneys

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r/nycHistory 4d ago

1887. Penny Farthing Bicycles line up for a Race for the Harvard Bicycle Club, NYC.

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r/nycHistory 3d ago

[HISTORICAL COLD CASE #1928] The Vanishing of Major Harry L. Campbell: Seeking 1920s Hotel Records

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r/nycHistory 4d ago

Article Washington’s Retreat | Part 3 of 5: The View From Cobble Hill

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r/nycHistory 5d ago

An 1885 Photo of a Fresh Oyster Stand at the Harbour near South Street. Over-Harvesting wiped out the Oyster Beds .

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r/nycHistory 4d ago

Documentary Winning an NBA title after 53 years = Modern New York History.

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r/nycHistory 5d ago

The Bizarre True Story of Central Park’s Doomed Victorian Dinosaur Museum

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For centuries, the infamous Boss Tweed was blamed for destroying the park's dino-models—but what really happened is even weirder. The real villain wasn’t Tweed at all, but Henry Hilton, a New York lawyer who was appointed to oversee the city’s parks.

The whole weird tale: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dinosaur-museum-central-park-boss-tweed-nyc


r/nycHistory 5d ago

The 1889 Henry and Felicia Ressmeyer House at 348 West 122nd St: A Harlem brownstone changes with the times

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The construction cost of the three-story 16-foot-wide brownstone was $11,000. By the mid-1920s private homes in Harlem were converted to rooming houses.


r/nycHistory 5d ago

Washington’s Retreat | Part 2 of 5: The Fort Built to Save New York

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r/nycHistory 6d ago

An 1872 of work being done on the Brooklyn Bridge. Began in 1869. Finished & Opened in 1883

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r/nycHistory 6d ago

The Bronx, New York 1977

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r/nycHistory 6d ago

Lower Manhattan in 1931

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This photo was taken in 1931 from what appears to be an aircraft.


r/nycHistory 6d ago

Washington’s Retreat | Part 1 of 5: The Patriot Who Called Brooklyn Home

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This is part 1 of a 5 part series where I visit the places in Brooklyn Heights that played a role in the American Revolution and The Battle of Brooklyn.