Historical Localities 5
Historic Retrospect 15
General View 20
New York as it is 23
Parks and Public Squares 27
Public Buildings 65
Benevolent Institutions 39
Literary and Scientific Institutions 48
Theological Institutions 58
New York Press 60
Places of Amusement 63
Carmen 65
Hotels 66
Churches of New York 71
Elegant Private Residences 50
Notable Stores, &c 82
Banks 86
Savings Banks 88
Public Works 89
Clipper Ships, Packets, &c 92
Forts and Fortifications 92
Principal Restaurants and Saloons 93
Principal Hotels 94
New York Markets 94
Ocean Steamships 95
Telegraph Lines 98
Foreign Consuls 96
Omnibuses and Rail Cars 99
Railroads 102
The Ferries 104
Expresses and depots 105
List of Piers 106
The City of Brooklyn 107
Brooklyn Hotels 112
Public Institutions 112
Greenwood Cemetery 113
Churches of Brooklyn 115
Brooklyn City Railroads l17
Pleasure Excursions 118
The Environs of the City 120
Distances in the City 122
The Hudson River 123
Supplemental hints 128
Metropolitan Police 133
plus over 40 pages of advertisements.
Illustrations:
New York City and Harbor
Sugar House Prison
Governor Stuyvesant’s House
Sub-Treasury
Governor Stuyvesant’s Seal
Richmond Hill House
View of Broadway from Exchange Place
The City Hall
Custom House
Arsenal of New York
New York Hospital
Halls of Justice, or the “Tombs”
Odd Fellows Hall
The New York Turkish Bath Establishment
The Cooper Union
Free Academy
Bible House
Gramercy Park House
St. Denis Hotel
Clarendon Hotel
Metropolitan Hotel
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Hotel Diez, Late Prescott House
Hoffman House
Church of the Puritans
Church of the Holy Communion
Wheeler & Wilson’s Sewing Machines building
Grover & Baker’s Sewing Machines building
Tiffany & Co. building
Carter, Kirtland & Co. building
American & Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium
Taylor's Saloon
High Bridge
Croton Reservoir
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company
Manhattan Life Insurance Company
View of Broadway from Dr. Chapin’s Church