by Gina I don’t know about you guys, but I’m a total nerd for archival photos and maps. NYPL just released over 20,000 original maps, scanned in high resolution, and available for free use via Creative Commons, like this intricate rendering of Long Island City. Many of them are even “rectified” meaning you can see the points that match up to modern day Google Maps, to perfectly orient yourselves. It’s pretty amazing.
Greenpoint on its…
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That’s not N 5th Street crossing the creek, that’s “Fifth St”. Looks like Berry, Bedford, etc, were numbered back in the day! Son of a gun!
“It appears that both Franklin and N 5th Street had bridges over [Bushwick Creek]….”
Fifth Street, not North Fifth Street, what is now Driggs Avenue.
Thanks for this info! Corrected above.
Love this! I’m a map nerd, too. When I hit the link, it went to some Verizon search page. I think this may be a better one for the original maps: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/03/28/open-access-maps