Our Police Protectors History of New York Police

THE SINS OF NEW YORK : As "Exposed" by the Police Gazette

Panic, Depression & Economic Crisis Prior to 1930s

Historic Overview of N.Y.C. Crossings

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel

The Manhattan Bridge

The Queensboro Bridge

The Triboro Bridge

Queens Midtown Tunnel

The Hell-Gate Bridge

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

The Gowanus Expressway

Yellow Fever of 1798

The 1832 Cholera Epidemic in New York State: 19th Century Responses to Cholerae Vibrio

1918 Influenza..Timeline

1776 GREAT FIRE of NEW YORK	Map shows NOT only area of fire BUT lists places and their locations as the fire commenced.
The Great Fire in New York	1835 Story
The Great Fire in New York	Eyewitness description of 1835 fire
1888 Great Blizzard	In Manhatan
Blizzard of 1888	The Great White Hurricane
1896 Heat-wave	In Manhattan

Depression: Breadlines: long line of people waiting to be fed: New York City: in the absence of substantial government relief programs during 1932, free food was distributed with private funds in some urban centers to large numbers of the unemployed. (Circa February 1932)

A Historical Tour of the Greatest Street in the World..BROADWAY..Pre 1911

Hell's Kitchen: The Roaring Days of New York's Wild West Side by Richard O'Connor

Hell's Kitchen Street Map

China Town..It's History, People, today

New York & its origins..Legend & Reality

SENECA VILLAGE AND THE MAKING OF CENTRAL PARK (with a Map of the Park)

Baptisms	1st Presbyterian Church, NYC January 1791
Manhattan Churches 1661Church expansions
Manhattan Churches 1695	Church expansions
Manhattan Churches 1728	Church expansions
Manhattan Churches 1755	Church expansions
Manhattan Churches 1767	Church expansions
Manhattan Churches 1797	Church expansions
Manhattan Church Listings	ALL denominations
Manhattan Worship	As listed in the 1881Directory
Archdiocese of New York	Listing also New York Churches
MANHATTAN Catholic Churches..by Name	Provided by Charles Sullivan
MANHATTAN Catholic Churches..by Date Established	Provided by Charles Sullivan
MANHATTAN Catholic Churches..by zip code	Provided by Charles Sullivan
Local Catholic History and Ancestors of N.Y.	Excellant site with helpful links..
Manhattan Catholic Churches	By Wards..

MANHATTAN CHURCH PHOTOS Main Index

New York Progress	These maps show how N.Y. progressed in growth from 1661 thru 1817.
1695	NEW YORKE
1728	Lyne Plan of Manhattan
1729 Plan of NEW YORK	Surveyed by James Lyne
1755 Plan of NEW YORK	F. Maerschalck, City Surveyor
1766 & 1767 Plan of the City NEW YORK	B.Ratzen, surveyor
1767 Plan of the City NEW YORK	Bern & Ratzen
1782 New York	Hill's Map
1803 Plan of the City of New York	Actual survey:Goerck & Mangin
1807 The City of New York	The Commissioners Map
1873 NEW YORK	MANHATTAN :showing wards 1-22 including Yorkville
1903	Manhattan, NYC, from the Battery to 55th St.
1903	Manhattan, NYC, from 56th to 151st St.
1903	Manhattan, NYC, from 152nd to Morris Heights & west part of Bronx from Tremont to Wmsbridge.
1903	West Part of Bronx; Wmsbridge to City Line & East Bronx: 149th to Morris Pk & Westchester
1903	East Bronx: from Westchester to City Line
1911 MANHATTAN	Streets
1915 MANHATTAN	From the 1915 Manhattan Street Guide Directory
Manhattan Address	For Locating a Street in Manhattan today
The Chronology of 291 Church Street A large tract of land called Trinity Farms, sometimes called Kings Farms	Building History..Manhattan

1800s Map of New York Wards with Key to Locations

1842 City of New York Proposed alteration of the boundaries of the several wards as reported by the Committee on Laws.

1850 City of New York Enumeration Districts

State Census 1855 Election District Bounadries Manhattan

1860 Street Index Manhattan

1864 Wards

1870 New York City First Enumeration

1870 New York City 2nd Enumeration

1870 E.D.s for the 2nd Enumeration 1st-11th-13th Ward (Streets/Eds)

New York City 1870 Finding Aid

1870 The 2d Enumeration 17th Ward NYC

1878 Manhattan Street Index

MANHATTAN/NEW YORK Co.1880 Federal Census..ENUMERATION DISTRICTS/WARDS

1903 Ward Boundaries Manhattan

1903 Assembly/Alderman Districts Manhattan & Bronx

1910 Ward Boundaries Manhattan & Bronx

1915 Ward Boundaries & Assembly Districts Manhattan

1915 New York City E.D.s 1---18 & house #s

1925 New York City Street Index

1925 New York Assembly District Map

MANHATTAN

1913 Evening High School NYC	Graduates..May
P.S.#96 Junior High NYC	Graduating Class 1923
De LaSalle Institute	Graduating Class 1926
De LaSalle Institute	Graduating Class 1927
Savage School for Physical Education	Graduating Class 1928
New York POLICE Academy	Graduating Class 1928
Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School	Graduating Class 1934
Regis High School	Graduating Class 1941
CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL (for Girls) of New York	CLASS OF JUNE 1929 REUNION on APRIL 29, 1979

RICHMOND
Staten Island	History..Prior to 1927
Staten Island	Historic Associations
Historic Districts	Landmarks on Staten Island
Snug Harbor	1901-1925
1885 Westfield, Richmond Co.	List of School families & children

Westchester County Archives Indexes to On line Series Including: Indexes Declarations of Intention, 1808-1927 Cemetery Records, Veterans, 1775 - 1918 [Updated 7/14/2000] Court Records, 1778 - 1885 [Updated 1/17/2001] Government Publications by Westchester County Departments, 1915-Present Historic Preservation Survey Records, 1983 Incorporation Records, 1876-1926 [Updated 5/17/2000] Incorporation Records: Personal Names Index, 1848- 1906 Marriage Records, 1908-1928 [Updated 7/29/2002] Miscellaneous Records, 1840 - 1916 [Updated 12/1/2000] Naturalization Records, 1808-1927 School Reports, 1828-1927

N. Y.Water-Front Tugboat/Barge Captains	1881-1896
" How The Other Half Lives"	JACOB A. RIIS On-Line Book

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum...Photos, A Tenement sealed from change since 1935

TENEMENT MUSEUM..TOURS Visit the homes of German-Jewish & Italian Catholic families surviving the Panic of 1873 and the Great Depression . See the homes & garment shop of Jewish families who lived in the tenement during the “great wave” of immigration to America. Visit the 1869 home of the Moores, Irish immigrants coping with the death of a child. Meet Victoria Confino, a teen-age, Sephardic-Jewish immigrant played by a costumed interpreter. Set during 1916. Visit 12 Lower East Side sites important to immigrants past & present.

Manhattan Address Locator	Any Street, any Avenue.
Manhattan Address Locator #2	Any Street, any Avenue.
New York (Manhattan) Wards: Population & Density 1800-1910	Includes 'Key to Ward Locations' Map
New York City Public Library	Genealogical Research Website
OLD Records in the Kings County Clerks Office	What they have and where
State Liquor Authority	For Businesses that served Beer or Liquor.
A Guide to Researching the History of a New York City Building	Wonderful article by Christopher Gray..NY Times
How to Research a New York City Building	Compiled from Columbia University Libraries
Tax Photos	For Blk & white Tax photos..Info/Form
New York City GenWeb	Archives info-Cemeteries-Records etc
Manhattan Naturalization Process	Wonderful, Easy to understand format
New York City's Transit scenes	Past and Present

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