New York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation

 Organization

Existence: 1977-present

35mm reels of New York City street crossings from 1977 to 1980

Accession ACC-1991-005
Dates: 1977-1980

Atlases and plans of areas of New York City circa 1917 to 1972

Accession ACC-2008-032
Dates: circa 1917-1972

Blackwell's Island and Queensboro bridge contract drawings

Accession ACC-1986-009
Dates: 1903-1908

Board of Estimate applications for franchises and revocable consents for 1873 to 1990

Accession ACC-1991-057
Dates: 1873-1990

Board of Estimate correspondence regarding applications for franchises for 1905 to 1912

Accession ACC-1991-048
Dates: 1905-1912

Board of Estimate correspondence regarding applications for franchises for 1905 to 1979

Accession ACC-1991-047
Dates: 1905-1979

Brooklyn and Manhattan atlases for 1903 to 1980

Accession ACC-1996-045
Dates: 1903-1980

Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge construction or repair photographs circa 1890 to 1908

Accession ACC-2009-140
Dates: circa 1890-1908

Brooklyn Bridge construction glass plate negatives, circa 1894

Accession ACC-1999-017
Dates: circa 1894

Brooklyn Bridge drawings and plans

Collection REC-0010
Abstract: The Brooklyn Bridge was built over a thirteen year span beginning in 1869. This extensive collection contains the architectural plans and drawings created during the design, planning and construction stages for the suspension bridge by Civil Engineer, John Augustus Roebling, and includes drawings by his son Washington A. Roebling. The bridge officially opened in 1883.
Dates: 1869-1981; bulk 1869-1950

Brooklyn street and highway plans for 1880 to 1962

Accession ACC-1998-013
Dates: 1880-1962

Bureau of Franchises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and ephemera for 1895 to 1919

Accession ACC-1992-058
Dates: 1895-1919; bulk 1916-1918

Bureau of Franchises maps and drawings for 1887 to 1975

Accession ACC-1999-027
Dates: 1887-1975

Bureau of Franchises maps from 1886 to 1963

Accession ACC-1995-002
Dates: 1886-1963

Bureau of Franchises reference and subject files for 1902 to 1985

Accession ACC-1999-021
Dates: 1902-1985

Bureau of Highway Operations contractual repair photographs, negatives, and color slides for 1929 to 1982

Accession ACC-1998-016
Dates: 1929-1982

Cold War civil defense provisions circa 1957 and 1962

Accession ACC-2015-001
Dates: circa 1957, 1962

Complaint correspondence for Deputy Commissioner of Highway Operations Henry Fulton

Accession ACC-1998-019
Dates: 1979; 1981-1982

Condemnation files for 1905 to 1906

Accession ACC-1999-019
Dates: 1905-1906

Department of Docks and Ferries secretary's orders for 1879 to 1880

Accession ACC-2008-035
Dates: 1879-1880

Department of Docks and Ferries subject files, circa 1897 to 1900

Accession ACC-1994-041
Dates: circa 1897-1900

Department of Plant and Structures Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge subject files for 1933 to 1947

Accession ACC-1999-014
Dates: 1933-1947

Department of Plant and Structures Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge construction and repair photographs from 1902 to 1968

Accession ACC-1999-015
Dates: 1902-1968

Department of Ports and Trade, Construction Division issued plans for 1968 to 1985

Accession ACC-2008-034
Dates: 1968-1985

Department of Ports and Trade, Construction Division permit applications for 1966-1970

Accession ACC-2008-033
Dates: 1966-1970

Department of Public Works architectural renderings of bridge projects circa 1929 to 1945

Accession ACC-2005-101
Dates: circa 1929-1945

Department of Public Works pavement drawings circa 1868 to 1915

Accession ACC-2005-100
Dates: circa 1868-1915

Department of Transportation executive records for 1967 to 2000

Accession ACC-2018-017
Dates: 1967-2000

Department of Transportation Office of Public Information photographs for 1969 to 1982

Accession ACC-1998-017
Dates: 1969-1982

Department of Transportation project negatives, circa 1962 to 1987

Accession ACC-1990-092
Dates: circa 1962-1987

Department of Transportation reference scrapbook from 1947 to 1950

Accession ACC-1998-030
Dates: 1947; 1949-1950

Director of Bureau of Franchises general correspondence for 1933 to 1949 and 1953 to 1967

Accession ACC-1999-018
Dates: 1933-1949; 1953-1967

Elimination of surface freight railroad tracks photographs from 1911

Accession ACC-1992-053
Dates: 1911

Engineer in Charge of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges inventories, report, and memorandums for 1887 to 1917

Accession ACC-2009-139
Dates: 1887-1917

General correspondence for Deputy Commissioner of Highways Henry Fulton

Accession ACC-1998-020
Dates: 1978-1984

Harry P. Nichols franchise records

Accession ACC-1991-049
Dates: 1899-1917

Historical facts in connection with New York City bridges

Accession ACC-1985-024
Dates: 1890-1919

Index to franchises and revocable consents for 1905 to 1979

Accession ACC-1991-050
Dates: 1905-1979

Manhattan Bridge construction architectural drawings and permits for 1899 to 1905

Accession ACC-2013-010
Dates: 1899-1905

Miscellaneous Queens grantor/grantee file index

Accession ACC-1994-017
Dates: undated

Morris Tarshis general correspondence for 1980 to 1985

Accession ACC-2009-065
Dates: 1980-1985

New York City bridge plans and work records circa 1895 to 1970

Accession ACC-1986-005
Dates: circa 1895-1970

New York City bridges photograph albums circa 1898 to 1935

Accession ACC-2005-097
Dates: circa 1898-1935

New York City bridges reconstruction photographs circa 1932 to 1995

Accession ACC-2005-094
Dates: circa 1932-1995

New York City land value maps for 1909

Accession ACC-1996-032
Dates: 1909

New York City, Westchester County, and Long Island atlases

Accession ACC-1995-001
Dates: 1872-1929

Photographs of bridges and government buildings and their construction from 1911 to 1935

Accession ACC-1998-029
Dates: 1911-1935

"Plan for New York City - A Proposal" zoning documents and analysis

Accession ACC-1996-033
Dates: 1969

Plans for the Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge for 1930 to 1979

Accession ACC-1983-096
Dates: 1930-1979

Product catalogs for durable goods used in construction and maintenance of the bridges and overpasses in New York City circa 1945 to 1970

Accession ACC-2005-076
Dates: circa 1945-1970

Queens Department of Transportation Project photographs, circa 1962 to 1987

Accession ACC-1990-091
Dates: circa 1962-1987

Queens grantee file index for 1686 to 1938

Accession ACC-1994-016
Dates: 1686-1938

Queens grantor file index for 1827 to 1919

Accession ACC-1994-015
Dates: 1827-1919

Queens grantor file index for 1836 to 1921

Accession ACC-1994-014
Dates: 1836-1921

Queens street file index, circa 1910s to 1930s

Accession ACC-1994-018
Dates: circa 1910-1939

Queens street file index for 1924 to 1943

Accession ACC-1994-013
Dates: 1924-1943

Queensboro Bridge engineers and shop staff diaries and logs for 1934 to 1980

Accession ACC-1985-020
Dates: 1934-1980

Staten Island transit workers personnel files for 1923 to 1927

Accession ACC-2010-043
Dates: 1923-1927

Street file index to the 4th Ward

Accession ACC-1994-012
Dates: undated

Subject files for Deputy Commissioner of Highway Operations Henry Fulton

Accession ACC-1998-021
Dates: circa 1978-1982

Telephone and telegraph franchise correspondence for 1905 and 1906

Accession ACC-1999-020
Dates: 1905-1906

Traffic safety films circa 1965 to 1995

Accession ACC-2005-078
Dates: circa 1965-1995

Traffic safety phonograph records circa 1951 to 1960

Accession ACC-2005-077
Dates: circa 1951-1960

Traffic Safety Project photographs for 1982, 1993 to 1995

Accession ACC-2000-006
Dates: 1982, 1993-1995

Transportation executive records for 1964 to 1994

Accession ACC-2019-008
Dates: 1964-1994

Williamsburg Bridge ironworkers diaries and logs for 1944 to 1983

Accession ACC-1985-018
Dates: 1944-1983