PHOTO: Harlem kids shoot hoops on West 111th in 1975, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Children play on a fire escape along Monroe St. in 1950, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: In 1950 children play volleyball on 98th between Columbus and Amsterdam, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Check out this great pic from 1947 of children beating the summer heat outside on the street! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: In 1933, after the old Lower Reservoir was finally filled in creating the Great Lawn, youngsters gather for the first unofficial baseball game, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: A brand new rescue truck down the block at 118 and St. Nicholas showers kids with kindness during a scorching summer day in 1967, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Youngsters cool off by diving off a Grand St. pier into the East River in 1935, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Sledders blast through a snow blank on Pilgrim's Hill in 1947, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Skies were blue and snow hard and fast as sledders took to the park in this pic from 1943, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Skaters charge from the starting line to begin the 26.2 mile Brooklyn Rollathon in 1980, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: In 1940 a park attendant shows off his shuffleboard skills in preparation for inter-park competition, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: In 1948 Dr. Wahl's daughter put daddy's caddy through the wall right down the block at 1224 Thieriot, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Johnny and Jimmy shoot marbles out on Amesterdam and 140th in 1941, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Warm weather brings out fresh water sailors on this spring day in 1942. Hit the water to snap a matching shot of the boathouse and send your new view to @nydailynews on Twitter! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Famed hermits and hoarders the Collyer brothers lived here! See this historic photo of police breaking in to extract Homer Collyer's dead body on March 21, 1947! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Check out this great pic from 1947 of children beating the summer heat outside on the street! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: In 1979 over 200,000 people gathered on the undeveloped Battery Park City landfill in antinuclear protest, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Wildman Steve Brills was famously arrested in 1983 for leading his ecological tours of the city's parks. Here he is with some wild garlic outside Prospect Park in 1987, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Greenwich Villagers shopping across the street at open pushcarts on Bleecker and Jones Streets in 1954. Photo at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: How would you like this job - with a view! A window washer sweats it at 51 floors above Rockefeller Plaza in this incredible shot from 1957, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Check out the nightlife in the old Village in this pic of stripper Venus LaDoll, performing right next door in 1954! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Dodgers fans celebrate in the streets on Flatbush and Dekalb. Click "More Info" to see this great pic from 1955! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: A father shows his sons the murals inside the lobby of the Apollo. Click "More Info" to see this great historic pic from 1954! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Boyscouts parade through the streets with banners asking for aid donations in 1932, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: A workman waves perched on a girder above Ward's Island during the construction of the Triboro Bridge in 1935, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: 1933. An old NY law said one had to have a light on in one's car if it was parked on the street at night. To save battery, one car owner hung an oil lantern in his, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Mrs. Lillian Gonzalez has a tough time with daughter Marilyn, 5, as she holds onto railing at PS 19 at South 3rd and Keap St. in 1962. Marilyn is entering first grade. See photo at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: In 1961, Roger Maris celebrates his 61st homer of the year with the fan that caught it, at the link! Maris was the first to break Ruth's record of 60 home runs, though in a longer season. En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Check out the Orchard Street Market on the LES as it looked back in 1968! If you can find this block, snap a pic and send your new view to @nydailynews on Twitter! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: In 1962, children ducked under their desks for air raid drills. Click "More Info" for this great historic pic! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: If you think the subway is packed at rush hour, take a look at this Atlantic Ave trolley from 1926 packed full of straphangers at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Children jump into the fountain on a sweltering July day in 1929, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: From 1925 to 1986, this was Small's Nightclub, a famous Harlem venue! Click "More Info" for a great pic of the waitstaff decked out and smiling in 1929! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: A perplexed puppy looks on as a restaurant owner at 1307 6th Ave pulls up a fake fire hydrant he planted on the sidewalk in 1955, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: A perplexed puppy looks on as a restaurant owner at 1307 6th Ave pulls up a fake fire hydrant he planted on the sidewalk in 1955, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: Shriners go through motor scooter drill at Randalls Island in 1964, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: After the hurricane of 1935, Jerry Casulli carries his school-bound sister across heavily flooded 85th St, at the link! En savoir plus .
PHOTO: After the hurricane of 1935, Jerry Casulli carries his school-bound sister across heavily flooded 85th St, at the link! En savoir plus .
