Pictures of Old Structures In NYC

Locations of various old structures


Location Comments
South side of 47th Avenue, between 36th and 37th Streets, Sunnyside, Queens Unknown device
Grand Street, west of Morgan Avenue Unknown device
West side of 39th Street, north of 43rd Avenue, Sunnyside, Queens Unknown device
South side of Greenpoint Avenue, between Newel and Provost Streets, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Unknown device
North side of Bridgewater Street, near Apollo Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Unknown device
West side of Woodward Avenue, north of Flushing Avenue Unknown device
South side of Grand Street, west of Metropolitan Avenue Bridge Unknown device
West side of 54th Street, between Grand Avenue and Flushing Avenue Unknown device
East side of Morgan Avenue, between Meadow Street and Stagg Street Unknown device
Woodside Avenue, near Northern Boulevard, Woodside, Queens Old train depot building
Woodside Avenue and 37th Avenue, Woodside, Queens "New York and Queens County Railroad Company" building
North side of 37th Avenue, between 43rd and 48th Streets, Sunnyside, Queens "Water Supply Distribution, First Ward Station" building
North side of 37th Avenue, between 43rd and 48th Streets, Sunnyside, Queens Monument - Topographical Bureau, Queens (small metal plate on sidewalk)
193 Greenpoint Avenue - north side of Greenpoint Avenue, northwest corner with McGuiness Boulevard, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Building ornament
West side of Franklin Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn "The Astral" apartment building
North side of Greenpoint Avenue, north of the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, Greenpoint, Brooklyn The Miller Building ("M")
2nd Street, between 50th Avenue and 51st Avenue, Long Island City, Queens "Railroad" manhole covers
Bushwick Place, between Meserole Street and Johnson Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Former Hittleman Brewery building
Bushwick Avenue and Meserole Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Street signs on corner of building
Maspeth Avenue, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Old buildings
47th Road, near Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens Sealed-up subway entrance (for the G train?)
Walkway underneath the approach to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, Long Island City, Queens Old lamppost
974 Meeker Avenue, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Old building
610 Metropolitan Avenue, between Lorimer Street and Leonard Street Building with decorative mosaic tilework
968 Grand Street, between Waterbury Street and Morgan Avenue "Paint Makers" building
43-20 Van Dam Street, Sunnyside, Queens "1912" building
23rd Street and 45th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens Street signs on corner of building
1301 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Charles J. King, Inc. building
Outside industrial building on Green Street, between Provost Street and McGuinness Boulevard, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Big gear
48-05 Metropolitan Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens "H.C. Bohack Co., Inc." building
886 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Old building
411 Manhattan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn "John Ottati 1900" building
Northwest corner of 39th Street and 43rd Avenue, Sunnyside, Queens Ornamentation on Miller Building
54-28 46th Street, at the corner of 46th Street and 54th Road Street signs on corner of building - "Clifton Avenue" on 46th Street side, "Waters Avenue" on 54th Road side
3rd Avenue, between 58th and 59th Streets, Brooklyn "B.R.R. Co." building
109 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn "Schnibbe" building
135 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg Art & Historical Society building
21-09 Borden Avenue, Long Island City, Queens Blanchard Building
Intersection of Flushing Avenue and Rust Street, Maspeth, Queens Old lamppost
South side of Roosevelt Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets, Woodside, Queeens Unknown device
West side of Van Dam Street, between 47th and 48th Avenues, Sunnyside, Queens Wall advertisement for Harry Brainum
South side of Metropolitan Avenue, between Himrod Street and Forest Avenue Monument - Topographical Bureau, Queens (small metal plate on sidewalk)
Southeast corner of Metropolitan and Forest Avenues Street clock on building
Corner of Humboldt and Herbert Streets, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn "1891" building
Richardson Street, between Manhattan Avenue and Leonard Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn "Brooklyn Fireproof Sash & Door Company" building
South side of 55th Avenue, between 50th and 58th Streets, Maspeth, Queeens Unknown device
East side of 39th Street, between Northern Boulevard and Skillman Avenue, Sunnyside, Queeens Façade of "Railway Express" building
144 Franklin Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Old building
130 or 132 Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Old building
Southwest corner of Hicks and Rapelye Streets, Red Hook, Brooklyn "Clement Garage"
571 Bedford Avenue, between Rodney and Keap Streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Old building
Corner of Rodney Street and Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Old building
93-02 95th Avenue, Woodhaven, Queens Old building
Northwest corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and Park Lane South, Woodhaven, Queens Fire Alarm Telegraph Station, F.D.N.Y.
82-10 Queens Boulevard, between Simonson and Goldsmith Streets, Elmhurst, Queens Elks Lodge - has (nonworking?) clock on its façade
65th Place and Maurice Avenue, and 65th Place and 55th Avenue, Woodside, Queens Signposts indicating that the former name of 65th Place must have been Hyatt Avenue
72-13 Metropolitan Avenue, between Pleasant View Street and 73rd Place, Middle Village, Queens "Juniper-Elbow Company" building
71-02 Forest Avenue, at the corner of Forest Avenue and George Street, on the block of George Street, Forest Avenue, Stephen Street, and Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens Ornamentation on Ridgewood Savings Bank building
Southwest corner of Nevins Street and Butler Street, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn "City of New York, Water Supply - Distribution, Gowanus Station" building (façade on Nevins Street side)
Northwest corner of Atlantic Avenue and Hicks Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Street signs on corner of building - "Atlantic St." on Atlantic Avenue side, "Hicks St." on Hicks Street side
104 Frost Street, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn "F. Damato & Sons" building
Southwest corner of Parsons Boulevard and Cherry Avenue, Flushing, Queens Monument - Topographical Bureau, Queens (small metal plate on sidewalk)
65-63 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, Queens Neon sign at Griff's Laundry
10-16 50th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens Old "manhole" (coal chute?) cover, reading "Joseph McGee 51 to 67 Sixth Avenue Long Island City"
39-70 62nd Street, Woodside, Queens Old "manhole" (coal chute?) covers
Near the corner of 40th Street and 43rd Avenue, Sunnyside, Queens Old "manhole" (coal chute?) cover
47-17 39th Place, Sunnyside, Queens Old "manhole" (coal chute?) cover
58-25 and 58-35 57th Street, Maspeth, Queens Old residential building, on a dead-end road just north of Grand Avenue
31-24 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, Queens Old sign for P.J. O'Hara's Restaurant & Lounge, which was located at 31-17 Greenpoint Avenue - at which address Eden Printing & Signs now occupies
Near 62-21 Flushing Avenue, Maspeth, Queens Old "manhole" cover, reading "Catskill Water By-Pass"
East side of 37th Street, between Skillman and 43rd Avenues, almost at the corner of 37th Street and 43rd Avenue, Sunnyside, Queens Unknown device
Van Dam Street, between Norman and Nassau Avenues, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Unknown device
13-01 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens Building with decorative terra cotta work
253 Nassau Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Building with decorative entrance on Kingsland Avenue
50-35 38th Street, Sunnyside, Queens Building with decorative work on façade
82-33 Queens Boulevard, between St. James Avenue and Van Loon Street, Elmhurst, Queens Sign on façade gives the business phone number of Party Time as "IL7-1122"
Northeast corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Warren Street, Corona, Queens "1927" building (visible from Manhattan-bound elevated platform of Junction Boulevard station) - on both its Roosevelt Avenue and Warren Street sides
165-03 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens Interesting building
Northwest corner of Audley Street and Beverley Road, Kew Gardens, Queens Monument / Topog'l Bureau / Bor. Queens (small metal plate on sidewalk)
118-16 Jamaica Avenue, just west of Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, Queens "1899" building
47-30 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens Old "manhole" (coal chute?) cover, reading "E Milnick Iron Wks / 32 Astoria Ave / Astoria L.I."
West side of Monitor Street, just south of Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Unknown device
12-23 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens Bordeman Building
49-09 5th Street, Long Island City, Queens "Whaley Bros." faded signage
Southwest corner of Kent Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn Unknown device


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