Thursday, September 24, 2015

REMEMBER: THE SUBWAY CORNER CIRCA 1939


Who can guess the location of this subway entrance from a photo taken around 1939?  The station is still there but the kiosk has long been dismantled. Actually all of the buildings in this image still stand today.  An updated photo will be posted later on in the day.

ANSWER: Corner of 116th and Lenox which was the former Conway storefront.  From the original photo, on can see this location was once a supermarket which would actually have worked in modern times at this address.  Archival image courtesy NYPL
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14 comments:

  1. DanielSeptember 24, 2015 at 2:40 PM

    Looks like 116th and Lennox

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2015 at 2:55 PM

    116th and Lenox, downtown size

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2015 at 3:17 PM

    NW corner of 116 and Malcolm X Blvd.

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  4. KeiSeptember 24, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    116th Lenox. What do I win? lol

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM

    125 and 8th Ave. The market is now a bank and the entrance is now an elevator.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2015 at 3:43 PM

    145th and Broadway, South east corner. Wish the building still looked like this!

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2015 at 3:54 PM

    145th looking at the southeast corner?

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  8. PeteSeptember 24, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    That's the corner of W 116th St & Lenox Ave, looking northwest at the building which until recently contained a Conway store. The "Foremost Food" supermarket looks much nicer.

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  9. GwinSeptember 24, 2015 at 4:12 PM

    145th and Broadway.

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  10. Morningside NeighborSeptember 24, 2015 at 4:35 PM

    125th and St. Nicholas! The A, D, B, E station.

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  11. AdamSeptember 24, 2015 at 5:18 PM

    116th and Lenox

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  12. whatevsSeptember 24, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Lenox Avenue at 116th, northwest corner. It's where Conway is.

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  13. citylove101September 24, 2015 at 9:16 PM

    Yep. It's 116th and Lenox.

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2015 at 1:47 PM

    It looks like 116th & Lenox. This is the downtown side in front of what used to be Conway's.

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