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NYC in the 1960s: See striking photos from another era in New York City

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  • John Baur, left, associate director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, center, Flora Whitney Miller, president of the museum, and architect Marcel Breuer Tour, admire the final stage of the building's construction on Oct. 21, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Marvin Sussman
  • Two men stand outside the offices of the Catholic Worker Movement organization at 175 Chrystie St. in Manhattan on Nov. 9, 1965. That day, a member of the group, Roger LaPorte, set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest over the Vietnam war. LaPorte died a day later.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Nightingales
  • Teens camp out near the entrance to the New York World's Fair on April 20, 1965, hoping to be among the first through the gates when the fair opens for the season. Gary Schuster, 17, of New Jersey, waited two days at the head of the line, but was beat out as first to enter by Leonard Landeman, 16, of Plainview, when multiple turnstiles were opened at once.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dick Morseman
  • The marquee for the Mayfair Theatre on West 46th Street advertised
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alan Raia
  • Eggert Johannsen, of Brooklyn, and Harry Dane, of the Bronx, fasten their safety belts while working outside of the 85th floor of the Empire State Building in July 1962. The pair were part of a crew working on a renovation of the skyscraper's exterior.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Cliff De Bear
  • An Actors' Equity Association strike ruined the plans of some high school seniors from Vermont, at left, who had travelled to Manhattan to see a play. Two picketing actors are seen on June 17, 1968, during the three-night strike which closed 19 Broadway shows and affected 700 performers.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Stan Wolfson
  • Tourists from Brazil and Germany take in the view from the observation deck on the 85th floor of the Empire State Building on Jan. 16, 1964.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dick Kraus
  • Jack Engleman, of the Bronx, and Harry Dane, of Bayside, Queens, begin work painting the tower of the Empire State Building on Aug. 2, 1962. The men are standing in an enclosure that houses one of the beacon lights adorning the skyscraper.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Cliff De Bear
  • Cardinal Francis Spellman leaves the reviewing stand and descends the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral to greet a group of marchers in the St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17, 1964.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / James O’Rourke
  • Pickets march in front of the old Penn Station, protesting the demolition of the building on Aug. 2, 1962.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / James O’Rourke
  • A view of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx on March 26, 1969. At left is a pillar of the Bruckner Expressway.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Tom Maguire
  • A lone
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Stan Wolfson
  • The USS Duluth, the last ship constructed at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, hits the dock as she is pulled by a tugboat on Feb. 1, 1966. The ship sustained a small gash above the water line. The shipyard was closed at the end of June 1966 as a governmental cost-saving effort after 146 years in service.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Tom Maguire
  • A woman rides the subway at night on the Brighton Beach line in Brooklyn on June 1, 1964.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Lawrence Mulvehill
  • Before the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964, the main way to get to Staten Island from Manhattan or Brooklyn was by ferry. In this June 29, 1961, photo, cars wait at the dock for a ferry.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Nightingale
  • Giordano's Market located at Hylan Boulevard and Cromwell Avenue on Staten Island on June 5, 1964.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Marvin Sussman
  • As parts of Staten Island were being rapidly developed, three model homes were ready for viewing on July 14, 1965. The Hylan Terrace Homes models were located at Tysens Lane and Amboy Road.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Tom Maguire
  • The New York International building at Idlewild Airport in Jamaica, Queens, on Feb. 14, 1960. The airport was renamed in honor of John F. Kennedy in December, 1963.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dick Nightingale
  • Cars stuck in snow on the Grand Central Parkway, at the Shea Stadium exit, in Queens on Feb. 10, 1969.
    Photo Credit: Newsday
  • In the top of the 9th inning, confetti starts to fly at Shea Stadium on Sept. 24, 1969. The Mets had clinched the National League Division title with their victory against the St. Louis Cardinals.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Joe Dombroski
  • Garbage trucks sit idle at sanitation garage No. 63 near Bell Boulevard in Bayside, Queens, during a sanitation strike on Feb. 6, 1968.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dick Yarwood
  • Women walk past stacks of garbage on West 11th Street during the sanitation strike on Feb. 5, 1968.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Nightingale
  • Piles of garbage sit on East 43rd Street during the sanitation strike on Feb. 6, 1968.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alan Raia
  • A Red Cross wagon offers coffee to stranded passengers at the LIRR station in Jamaica, Queens, during the blackout on Nov. 9, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Marvin Sussman
  • A line of people wait for the telephone in front of Grand Central Terminal during the blackout on Nov. 9, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / John Curran
  • A large searchlight illuminates Penn Station in Manhattan as commuters try to figure out how they'll get home during the blackout on Nov. 9, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / John Curran
  • Stranded commuters take advantage of a new car on display in the lobby of Grand Central Terminal during the blackout on Nov. 9, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Cavanagh
  • Air travelers line up for taxis at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens during the blackout on Nov. 9, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jim Maguire
  • People attend the season's opening day of the New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on April 21, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dick Kraus
  • A nighttime view from the
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dick Morseman
  • Aeriel view of a portion of the New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Sept. 6, 1965.
    Photo Credit: Newsday
  • Barbra Streisand and husband Elliott Gould enter the Criterion Theater at Broadway and 43rd Street in Manhattan for the premiere of Streisand's film
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Ken Spencer
  • Folklorist Israel Young leads a protest against a ban on folk music in Washington Square Park on April 9, 1961. Protest signs read
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dick Kraus
  • A woman waits on an elevated train platform on the Myrtle Avenue line in Brooklyn on Sept. 30, 1969. Days later, service was discontinued on the elevated portion of the line, which spanned 35 blocks from Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn to Broadway in Williamsburg. The Myrtle Avenue el featured New York City's last wooden subway cars.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Harvey Weber

Whether you’re a history buff, love photography or maybe feel like you were born in the wrong decade, these photos of New York City in the 1960s offer a glimpse into city life during another era.

From sitting on the subway to painting the Empire State Building, take a look at photos ranging from every day street life to major events that shaped the ’60s in New York City.

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