National Register Listings in
New York County, New York

110th Street-Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT) 116th Street-Columbia University Subway Station (IRT) 145th Street Subway Station (IRT) 14th Street-Union Square Subway Station (IRT; Dual System BMT) 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) 181st Street Subway Station (IND) 181st Street Subway Station (IRT) 190th Street Subway Station (IND) 207th Street Yard-Signal Service Building and Tower B 240 Central Park South 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) 32nd Police Precinct Station House Complex 33rd Street Subway Station (IRT) 369th Regiment Armory 59th Street-Columbus Circle Subway Station (IRT) 69th Regiment Armory 69th Street Transfer Bridge 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) 75 Murray Street Building 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Actors Temple ADMIRAL DEWEY (tugboat) Admiral's House African Burial Ground Alwyn Court Apartments AMBROSE (lightship) American Bank Note Company Building American Fine Arts Society American Museum of Natural History American Radiator Building American Stock Exchange American Thread Building Andrews United Methodist Church Ansche Chesed Synagogue Ansonia Hotel Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Apartment Buildings at 131-135 East 66th Street and 130-134 East 67th Street Apollo Theater Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Apthorp Apartments Arthur, Chester A., House Association of the Bar of the City of New York Association Residence Nursing Home Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Astor Row Houses Audubon Terrace Historic District Bailey House Baker, George F., Jr. and Sr., Houses Baldwin, James, House Bank of New York Building Bank of the Metropolis Barbizon Hotel for Women Battery Park Control House Bayard-Condict Building Beacon Theater and Hotel Beaver Building Bell Telephone Laboratories Belnord Apartments Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue Bialystoker Synagogue Biltmore Theater Blackwell House Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT) Block House, The Bouwerie Lane Theater Bowery Savings Bank Bowling Green Fence and Park Broad Exchange Building Broadway Synagogue, Old Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Subway Station (IRT) Brooks and Hewitt Halls Brown, James, House Building at 116 John Street Building at 133 East 80th Street Building at 19 Rector St. Building at 21 West Street Building at 210 East 68th Street Building at 254-260 Canal Street Building at 304 Park Avenue South Building at 315-325 West 36th Street Building at 361 Broadway Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street Building at 45 East 66th Street Building at 85 Leonard Street Burden, James A. Jr., House and Kahn, Otto H., House Caffe Cino Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church Candler Building Carnegie Hall Carnegie, Andrew, Mansion Cary Building Casa Italina Castle Clinton National Monument Castle Williams Central IND Substation Central Park Central Park West Historic District Central Savings Bank Central Synagogue Century Association Building Century Building Chamber of Commerce Building Chambers Street Subway Station (Dual System BMT) Chambers Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Chanin Building Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery Charles Street House at No. 131 Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Chelsea Historic District Chelsea Historic District (Boundary Increase) Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District Christodora House Chrysler Building Church Missions House Church of Notre Dame and Rectory Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Church of St. Mary the Virgin Complex Church of St. Paul the Apostle Church of the Ascension (Protestant Episcopal) Church of the Holy Apostles (Additional Documentation) Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Church of the Incarnation and Parish House Church of the Transfiguration Church of the Transfiguration and Rectory CIRCLE LINE X (sightseeing vessel) City and Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic District City and Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate and Shively Sanitary Tenements Historic District City Hall City Hall Subway Station (IRT) City Hospital City Pier A Civic Club Claremont Stables College of the City of New York Colony Arcade Building Columbus Monument Congregation B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue and Community House Congregation Ohab Zedek Congregation Shaare Zedek of Harlem Control House on 72nd Street Cook, Will Marion, House Cooper Union Corbin Building Croton Aqueduct Gate House Dahlgren, Lucy Drexel, House Daily News Building Dakota Apartments Decker Building DeLamar Mansion Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter Devinne Press Building Dorilton Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District Douglas, Adelaide L. T., House Duke Residence Duke, James B., Mansion Dunbar Apartments Dyckman Street Subway Station (IRT) Dyckman, William, House Earl Hall East 73rd Street Historic District East 78th Street Houses East 80th Street Houses East Harlem Historic District Eldridge Street Synagogue Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke", House Elmendorf Reformed Church Emerson, The Empire Building Empire State Building Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club ENTERPRISE (space shuttle) Equitable Building Father Francis D. Duffy Statue and Duffy Square Federal Hall National Memorial Federal Office Building Federal Reserve Bank of New York Film Center Building Fire Hook and Ladder Company No. 14 Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Firehouse, Engine Company 33 First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel First Battery Armory First Houses First Hungarian Reformed Church First National City Bank First Police Precinct Station House First Romanian-American Congregation Synagogue First Shearith Israel Graveyard Fish, Hamilton, House Flatiron Building Former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Former New York Life Insurance Company Building Former Police Headquarters Building Fort Jay Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters Fort Washington Avenue Armory Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, The Fraunces Tavern Fraunces Tavern Block French, Fred F., Building FRYING PAN SHOALS LIGHTSHIP NO. 115 (lightship) Fulton-Nassau Historic District Gansevoort Market Historic District Garment Center Historic District General Electric Building General Grant National Memorial General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen George Washington Hotel German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark Germania Life Insurance Company Building Gilsey Hotel Gouverneur Hospital Governor's House Governors Island Grace Church and Dependencies Gracie, Archibald, Mansion Gramercy Park Historic District Grand Central Terminal Grand Central Terminal (Boundary Increase: Park Avenue Viaduct) Grand Hotel Greenacre Park Greenwich Savings Bank Greenwich Village Historic District Guggenheim, Solomon R., Museum Hamilton Grange National Memorial Hamilton Heights Historic District Hansberry, Lorraine, House Harlem African Burial Ground Harlem Courthouse Harlem Fire Watchtower Harlem River Houses Harlem Savings Bank Harvard Club of New York City Hatch, Barbara Rutherford, House Haughwout, E. V., Building Henderson Place Historic District Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse Henson, Matthew, Residence High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower Hispanic Society of America Complex Holland Tunnel Holy Cross African Orthodox Pro-Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and Parsonage Holyrood Protestant Episcopal Church Hopper, Isaac T., House Hotel Albert Hotel Chelsea Hotel Gerard Hotel Theresa House at 146 East 38th St. House at 17 West 16th Street House at 20 West 16th St. House at 203 East 29 Street House at 203 Prince Street House at 37 East 4th Street House at 49 East 80th Street House at 51 Market St. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Ave. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Houses at 146-156 East 89th Street Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Houses at 26, 28 and 30 Jones Street Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Houses at 437-459 West 24th Street Houses at 647, 651-53 Fifth Avenue and 4 East 52nd Street Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street Hudson Theatre Hudson View Gardens Hughes, Langston, House Insurance Company of North America Building International House International Mercantile Marine Company Building IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Ivey Delph Apartments J. P. Morgan & Co. Building Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse JOHN A. LYNCH (ferryboat) JOHN J. HARVEY (fireboat) John Street Building No. 170-176 John Street Methodist Church Johnson, James Weldon, House Joralemon Street Tunnel Judson Memorial Church, Campanile, and Judson Hall Julius' Bar Jumel Terrace Historic District Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Knickerbocker Hotel Knox Building Kreischer House LaGrange Terrace Lamb's Club LANAI (yacht) Lanier, James F. D., Residence Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building LeRoy, Daniel, House Lescaze House LETTIE G. HOWARD (schooner) Level Club Lever House Liberty Tower Lighthouse LILAC, United States Lighthouse Tender Lincoln Building Loew, William Goadby, House Look Building Low Memorial Library, Columbia University Lower East Side Historic District Lower East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District MACHIGONNE (ferry) Macmillan Building Macy, R. H., and Company Store Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron A Armory Manhattan Avenue-West 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Manhattan Company Building Marble Collegiate Reformed Church Mariner's Temple Master Building McGraw-Hill Building McKay, Claude, Residence Mecca Temple Merchants Refrigerating Company Warehouse Metropolitan Life Home Office Complex Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Savings Bank Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls Minton's Playhouse Mooney, Edward, House Moore, William H., House Morgan, Pierpont, Library Morris, Lewis G., House Morris-Jumel Mansion Mount Morris Bank Mount Morris Park Historic District Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Municipal Asphalt Plant Municipal Building Municipal Ferry Pier Murray Hill Historic District Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) National City Bank National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom New Amsterdam Theater New York Amsterdam News Building New York Bible Society New York Cancer Hospital New York City Marble Cemetery New York Cotton Exchange New York County Lawyers Association Building New York Evening Post Building New York Life Building New York Marble Cemetery New York Presbyterian Church New York Public Library New York Public Library New York Public Library and Bryant Park New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch New York Public Library, Fort Washington Branch New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch New York Savings Bank New York School of Applied Design New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater New York Stock Exchange New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture New York Telephone Company Building New York Yacht Club No. 8 Thomas Street Building North Presbyterian Church Norwood, Andrew S., House Octagon, The Odd Fellows Hall Old Colony Club Old Grolier Club Old Merchant's House Old New York Evening Post Building Old St. Patrick's Cathedral Complex Osborne Apartments Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital P.S. 186 Park and Tilford Building Park Avenue Historic District Park Avenue Houses Park East Synagogue, Congregation Zichron Ephraim Park Row Building Parker, Charlie, Residence Philosophy Hall Pier 57 Players, The Plaza Hotel Pomander Walk District Prince George Hotel Public Baths Public School 109 Public School 157 Public School 35 Public School 9 Puck Building Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Queensboro Bridge R & S Building Racquet and Tennis Club Building Radio City Music Hall Red House Residences at 5-15 West 54th Street Rice, Isaac L., Mansion Riverside Church Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Riverside Park and Drive Riverside-West 105th Street Historic District Robbins & Appleton Building Robeson, Paul, Home Rockefeller Center Rogers, John S., House Roosevelt, Sara Delano, Memorial House Row Houses at 854-858 West End Avenue and 254 West 102nd Street Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Rustin, Bayard, Residence Saint Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Salmagundi Club Sanger, Margaret, Clinic Schermerhorn Row Block Schickel, William, House Schinasi House Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scott, Gen. Winfield, House Scribner Building Sea and Land Church Seagram Building Seventh Regiment Armory Seville Hotel SHEARWATER (schooner) Sheffield Farms Stable Sidewalk Clock at 1501 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Sidewalk Clock at 519 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Sidewalk Clock at 522 5th Avenue, Manhattan Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Sinclair, Harry F., House Smallpox Hospital Smith, Abigail Adams, Museum Smith, Alfred E., House Smith, Fleming, Warehouse Sniffen Court Historic District Society for the Lying-In Hospital Sofia Warehouse Soho Historic District South Street Seaport South Street Seaport Historic District South Village Historic District St. Andrew's Episcopal Church St. Augustine's Chapel St. Bartholomew's Church and Community House St. Cecilia's Church and Convent St. George's Episcopal Church St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church St. James Church St. Jean Baptiste Church and Rectory St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Luke's Hospital St. Mark's Historic District St. Michael's Church St. Nicholas Historic District St. Patrick's Cathedral St. Paul's Chapel St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church St. Philip's Church St. Thomas Church and Parish House St. Vincent Ferrer Church and Priory St. Walburga's Academy St.-Marks-In-The-Bowery Stables at 167, 169 and 171 West 89th Street Stanton Street Shul Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island Stewart, A. T., Company Store Stone Street Historic District Stonewall Strecker Memorial Laboratory Students' Hall Studio Apartments Stuyvesant Square Historic District Substation 13 Substation 17 Substation 219 Substation 235 Substation 409 Substation 42 Substation 7 Sugar Hill Historic District Sullivan, Ed, Theater Surrogate's Court Sutton Place Historic District Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street The Bowery Historic District The Church of the Heavenly Rest and the Chapel of the Beloved Disciple The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library Building Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Third Judicial District Courthouse Tiffany and Company Building Tilden, Samuel J., House Times Square Hotel Times Square-42nd Street Subway Station Town Hall Townhouses at 352 and 353 Riverside Dr. Treadwell Farm Historic District Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Trinity Chapel Complex Trinity Church and Graveyard Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan Tudor City Historic District Turtle Bay Gardens Historic District Tweed Courthouse Two Bridges Historic District U.S. Customhouse U.S. General Post Office Union Square Union Theological Seminary United Charities Building Complex United States Appraisers Store University Club University Settlement House Upper East Side Historic District Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) US Courthouse US Post Office-Canal Street Station US Post Office-Church Street Station US Post Office-Cooper Station US Post Office-Inwood Station US Post Office-Knickerbocker Station US Post Office-Lenox Hill Station US Post Office-Madison Square Station US Post Office-Old Chelsea Station USS EDSON (DD-946) USS INTREPID (aircraft carrier) Van Rensselar, Stephen, House Van Tassell and Kearney Horse Auction Mart Vanderbilt, Mrs. Graham Fair, House Verdi, Giuseppe, Monument Villard Houses W. O. DECKER (tugboat) Waldo, Gertrude Rhinelander, Mansion Wall and Hanover Building Wall Street Historic District Wall Street Subway Station (IRT) Wallace Building Warburg, Felix M., Mansion Watson, James, House WAVERTREE Webster Hotel West 114th Street Historic District West 147th-149th Streets Historic District West 28th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) West 4th Street Subway Station (IND) West 67th Street Artists' Colony Historic District West 73rd-74th Street Historic District West 76th Street Historic District West End Collegiate Church and Collegiate School West End Presbyterian Church and Parish House West Side Unitarian Church-Congregation Ramath Orah West Street Building Westbeth Westchester House Wilbraham, The Williams, R.C., Warehouse Women's National Republican Club Women’s Liberation Center Woolworth Building Yiddish Art Theatre Zion-St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
New York State was the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in United States history prior to 9/11. In 1993, a bomb planted in the World Trade Center by Islamic extremists killed six people and injured more than a thousand others.
New York random facts
New York County, also known as Manhattan, has a rich and diverse history that dates back centuries. The area was first inhabited by the Lenape Native American tribe before becoming a Dutch settlement called New Amsterdam in the early 17th century. In 1664, the British seized control of the area and renamed it New York after the Duke of York. Throughout the colonial era, New York grew in importance as a major trading hub.

Following the American Revolution, New York County flourished as the country expanded westward. It became a magnet for immigrants from around the world, with the iconic Statue of Liberty serving as a symbol of hope for those seeking a better life in America. The county saw rapid urbanization and the construction of skyscrapers, giving birth to the modern city we know today.

In the 20th century, New York County became the cultural, financial, and political center of the United States. The Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s brought a wave of African American art, music, and literature, showcasing the county's diversity. The Great Depression had a significant impact on the area, but it rebounded during World War II with a booming economy.

In recent years, New York County has continued to thrive as a global economic hub and a cultural melting pot. It has faced various challenges, such as the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the ongoing issues of income inequality and gentrification. However, New York County remains an iconic and vibrant destination, attracting millions of visitors each year and serving as a symbol of the American dream.

This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of New York County, New York.

  • 1624 - The Dutch establish the colony of New Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan Island
  • 1664 - The English capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York
  • 1683 - New York County is established as one of the original 12 counties of New York
  • 1785 - The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 is implemented, laying out the street grid for most of Manhattan
  • 1790 - New York becomes the temporary capital of the United States
  • 1825 - Construction of the Erie Canal is completed, connecting New York City to the Great Lakes
  • 1898 - New York County is consolidated with the four other boroughs to form the City of Greater New York
  • 1904 - The first subway line in New York City opens, connecting Manhattan with Brooklyn
  • 1929 - The Wall Street Crash triggers the Great Depression
  • 1957 - The New York Yankees baseball team moves from the Bronx to Manhattan
  • 2001 - The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center devastate Lower Manhattan