Still Image West 145th Street and Broadway, Manhattan Contract One. Above ground photograph. View Item
Still Image Broadway and West 242nd Street, Bronx Contract One. Above ground photograph. Cyanotype. Photograph shows 242nd Street Station platforms under construction. View Item
Still Image East 149th Street and Bergen Avenue, Bronx Contract One. Above ground photograph. View Item
Still Image # 55-59 Park Avenue, Manhattan Contract One. Above ground photograph. Cyanotype. Photograph shows damaged brownstones with buttressing. View Item
Still Image Spring Street [and Lafayette Street], Manhattan Contract One. Above ground photograph. View Item
Still Image Fourth Avenue and East 28th Street, Manhattan Contract One. Above ground photograph. View Item
Still Image West 95th Street and West End Avenue, Manhattan Contract One. Above ground photograph. View Item
Still Image East 20th Street and Fourth Avenue, Manhattan Contract One. Underground photograph. View Item
Still Image East 149th Street and Third Avenue, Bronx Contract One. Above ground photograph. View Item
Still Image West 157th Street and Broadway, Manhattan Contract One. Underground photograph. Photograph shows 157th Street Station under construction. View Item
Still Image Northeast corner Fifth Avenue and East 42nd Street, Manhattan Contract One. Underground photograph. View Item
Image Collection 41 Items New York subway construction negative collection, 1901-1902, and undated This collection of 41 negatives depicts New York subway tunnels under construction. The majority of the glass negatives bear dates from 1901 through 1902, just after the city awarded a subway construction contract in 1900. These negatives show work being done at unknown locations along the subway's earliest route in Manhattan, which ran from City Hall to 42nd Street on the East Side, then west along 42nd Street to Times Square, and north along Broadway. Negatives show workers, trenches, tunnel entrances, horses hauling materials, and views of tunnel structures from above gound. View Collection
Image Collection 340 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 52, 1923-1939 The 340 Contract Three, Route 52 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the portion of the Flushing Line (the 7 train) along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens from Alburtis Avenue (now the 103rd Street-Corona Plaza Station) to Main Street, Flushing. The route is divided into the following sections: Section 1, Roosevelt Avenue in Corona; Section 2, the Willets Point Boulevard Station; Section 2-3, Flushing Bridge; and Section 3, Flushing-Main Street. View Collection
Image Collection 135 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 50, 1913-1925 The 135 Contract Three, Route 50 photographs show the completion of the Steinway Tunnel and the construction of elevated tracks to the Hunters Point Avenue Station on a portion of the Flushing Line in Queens (the 7 train) by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT). There are many views of Ely Avenue, Van Alst Avenue, and 4th Street in Queens. A series of photographs of buildings on Nott Avenue, Davis Street, and Ely Avenue relate to lawsuits from property owners along the elevated line. View Collection
Image Collection 1809 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 48, 1912-1924 The 1,809 Contract Three, Route 48 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Brooklyn Branch of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (the 2 train and 3 train) from Park Place in Manhattan to Clark Street and Borough Hall in Brooklyn. The route covers the following sections: Section 1, Park Place under City Hall Park and along Beekman Street to William Street; Section 2, William Street to Hanover Square; and Section 3, Old Slip in Manhattan to Clark Street in Brooklyn, passing under the East River via the Clark Street Tunnel. View Collection
Image Collection 559 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 43, 1914-1925 The 559 Contract Three, Route 43 photographs show construction of a new tunnel by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) to connect the first portion of the Lexington Avenue Line (the 4 train, 5 train and 6 train) that ran from City Hall to East 42nd Street to its extension north of 42nd Street along Lexington Avenue. Many of the photographs show views along Park Avenue from East 34th Street to East 42nd Street, including excavation work outside of Grand Central Terminal. View Collection
Image Collection 371 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 36 & 37, 1913-1933 The 371 Contract Three, Route 36 & 37 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of a portion of the Flushing Line (the 7 train) in Queens from Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now the 103rd Street-Corona Plaza Station), as well as construction along the N line from Queensboro Plaza to Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria. View Collection
Image Collection 418 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 35 & 67, 1922-1926 The 418 Route 35 & 67 photographs show the construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of a portion of the Flushing Line (the 7 train) from Grand Central Terminal to Times Square. The photographs follow 42nd Street from Grand Central to Bryant Park and Sixth Avenue, and West 41st Street from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue. There are many views of the New York Public Library, Bryant Park, and theaters on West 41st Street. The series also includes many underground photographs. View Collection
Image Collection 451 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 31, 1916-1933 The 451 Contract Three, Route 31 photographs show the construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the New Lots Line or Livonia Avenue Line (the 3 train) in Brooklyn. The line runs from East 98th Street and Sutter Avenue to Livonia Avenue and New Lots Avenue. Most views are of the Livonia Avenue commercial district between Howard Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue in Brownsville, a Jewish neighborhood with many shop signs written in Yiddish. View Collection
Image Collection 1143 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 29, 1914-1921 The 1,143 Contract Three, Route 29 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Nostrand Avenue Branch of the Brooklyn Line between Crown Heights and Flatbush, Brooklyn (the 2 train and 5 train). The route covers the following sections: Section 1, Nostrand Avenue from Eastern Parkway to Church Avenue; Section 2, Nostrand Avenue from Church Avenue to Flatbush Avenue. Views include the residential and commercial stretches of Nostrand Avenue. There are many storefronts and brownstones, and some wooden row houses and detached wood frame cottages. View Collection
Image Collection 40 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 27, 1917-1918 The 40 Contract Three, Route 27 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) in the vicinity of Mott Avenue Station in the Bronx (the modern 149th Street-Grand Concourse Station on the 2 train and 5 train). There are above ground views along East 149th Street, Mott Avenue, Walton Avenue, and Spencer Place, as well as many underground views, some showing the Mott Avenue Station under construction or completed. View Collection
Image Collection 129 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 26, 1914-1925 The 129 Contract Three, Route 26 photographs show the construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of a portion of the Flushing Line from Grand Central in Manhattan to Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens (the 7 train). Some of the photographs show the construction of the Steinway Tunnel. Other photographs include views in Queens along 4th Street (now 50th Avenue) and Vernon Avenue (Vernon Boulevard), showing the commercial district including the neighborhood theater. View Collection
Image Collection 1486 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 19-22, 1912-1925 The 1,486 Contract Three, Route 19-22 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Pelham Line (the 6 train) in the Bronx from East 138th Street and Third Avenue to Pelham Bay Park. The route is divided into the following sections: Section 1, East 138th and Third Avenue to East 149th Street and Southern Boulevard; Section 1A, East 149th Street and Southern Boulevard to Whitlock Avenue; Section 2, Whitlock Avenue to Pelham Bay Park along Westchester Avenue; and Section 3, the Westchester Yard near the Westchester Square and Middletown Road stations. View Collection
Image Collection 542 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 18, 1913-1925 The 542 Contract Three, Route 18 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the White Plains Road Line (the 4 train and 5 train) in the Bronx from around East 179th Street to Wakefield-East 241st Street. The route covers the following sections: Section 1, from East 179th Street and Boston Road to Burke Avenue and White Plains Road, including the 180th Street Yard; Section 2, White Plains Road from Burke Avenue to East 241st Street, including the 239th Street Yard. View Collection
Image Collection 635 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 16, 1913-1925 The 634 Contract Three, Route 16 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the elevated Jerome Avenue Line (the 4 train) from around East 157th Street north to Woodlawn in the Bronx. The route is divided into the following sections: Section 1, River Avenue and East 157th Street to Jerome Avenue and East 182nd Street; Section 2, Jerome Avenue from East 182nd Street to Bainbridge Avenue. View Collection
Image Collection 1594 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 12, 1914-1923 The 1,594 Contract Three, Route 12 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Eastern Parkway Line from Downtown Brooklyn along Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway to Crown Heights (the 2 train, 3 train and 4 train). The route covers the following sections: Section 1, Flatbush Avenue from Atlantic Avenue to St. View Collection
Image Collection 4631 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 5, Sections 6-15, 1911-1925 The 4,631 Contract Three, Route 5, Sections 6-15 photographs show the construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Lexington Avenue Line (the 4 train, 5 train, and 6 train) from East 26th street to East 132nd street in Manhattan, crossing the Harlem River via the Lexington Avenue Tunnel to East 138th Street and Alexander Avenue (the 6) and East 157th Street and River Avenue (the 4 and 5) in the Bronx. View Collection
Image Collection 3494 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 4 & 38, 1914-1921 (bulk 1914-1915) The 3,496 Contract Three, Route 4 & 38 photographs show the construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from Times Square to Chambers Street (the 1 train, 2 train, and 3 train) and from Chambers Street to South Ferry in Manhattan (the 1 train). View Collection
Image Collection 175 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. 148th Street Yard, 1918-1926 The 175 Contract Three, 148th Street Yard photographs show the expansion by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Lenox Avenue Shops, now known as the Lenox Yard, near West 148th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. View Collection