History of New York: City and State: Websites

Includes link for Open Data Portal.

click "Digital Collections" tab for:
Bronx Business for Everybody
Bronx Architecture
Childhood in the Bronx (with sound)
Public Art in the Bronx

primary sources

Papers of Mayors--LaGuardia, Wagner, Lindsay, Beame, and Koch. NYC Housing Authority Records, Queens History.

images, newspaper articles, music scores

870,000 images of maps, photographs, audio files, and motion pictures.

with links

mapping historical photographs from NY Public Library

See: Places, Census of Places that Matter, Links, and Bibliography.

Contains individual site reports and images.
Click "Basic Criteria" then enter County Name (Bronx, Kings, Queens, New York, or Richmond) then click "Results."

Hear experts and scholars discuss the history and significance of many city locations and organizations.

Scroll down for time lapse photos--Vyse Ave., Third Ave.,
Prospect Ave., Southern Blvd., Willis Ave.

see hotlink in article to conduct search

use with mapping feature from OldNYC above

mapping historical photographs from the NY Public Library;
includes Bronx locations.

From 1939 -1941, the Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York City Tax Department to collect photographs of most buildings in the five boroughs of New York City. .

Click on highlighted segment to see the street or to see a featured story about some of the sites.