New York City Labor History Map

Welcome to the New York City Labor History Map, a joint project between the New York Labor History Association and the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. This web-based map builds on previous research published by the New York Labor History Association and enables users to explore, by location or date, key events in the city's labor history. It documents the history of working men and women in New York City and their struggle to gain concessions such as the eight-hour work day, better pay, improved working conditions, decent and affordable housing, collective bargaining rights, healthcare and pension plans. It also documents important aspects of the city's political and social history, its major protagonists and their contributions to the lives of ordinary people. The site features images and audio to enliven this facet of New York City history. Unless otherwise noted the photographs, papers and oral histories hightlighted here originate from the collections of the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives. To browse the historical locations by location click the numbers on the map to the left. To browse by date please scroll through the timeline below. The location have also been color coded thematically as follows:

Red= Residence | Yellow= Strikes and Boycotts | Pink= Founding and Headquarters | Green= Newspaper or Press location | Blue= Labor Housing | Purple= Arts and Education | Teal= Iconic New York Landmarks

New York Labor History Timeline 1. 1976/1977 The Tamiment Library and Robert F Wagner Labor Archives, 70 Washington Square South 2. 1712 Maiden Lane, Slave Revolt,Maiden Lane between William and Nassau Streets 3. 1775 City Hall Park, Bridewell Debtors' Jail 4. 1801 Snug Harbor, Sixth to Tenth Streets between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, Staten Island 5. 1809 Thomas Paine Residence, 59 Grove Street 6. 1831 Congress Hall, United Tailoresses' Society Strike, Congree Hall at Bowery and Hester Street 7. 1833 Chatham Street Chapel, Founding of the General Trades' Union of New York, Chatham Street between Pearl and Duane Streets 8. 1855 - 1890 Castle Clinton, Immigration, Battery Park 9. 1860 Cooper Union, Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Address, Third Avenue and Eighth Street 10. Late 1800s The Garment District, Thirty-fourth to Forty-second Streets, Fifth to Ninth Avenues 11. 1868 Working Woman's Association Original Headquarters, 37 Park Row 12. 1870s Steinway Piano Factory and Company Housing, Twentieth Avenue, Forty-first & Forty-second Streets, Astoria, Queens 13. 1872 City Hall Park, Eight-Hour Leagues' Strike, City Hall Park 14. 1872 International Workingmen's Association First Headquarters, Broome and Forsyth Streets 15. 1872 Old Masonic Hall, Carpenters and Joiners Union Strike, 126-128 East Thirteenth Street 16. 1874 Tompkins Square Riot, Tompkins Square Park 17. 1875 Local Taverns, First Meetings of the Cigar Makers International Union, 10 and 80 Stanton Street 18. 1876 Socialist Labor Party Original Headquarters, 184 William Street 19. 1882 Eisler's Golden Rule Hall, The Longshoremen's Strike, 127 Rivington Street 20. 1883 Brooklyn Bridge, Sandhog Strike 21. 1886 Webster Hall , 119 East Eleventh Street 22. 1886 Union Square P. J. McGuire and the first May Day, Union Square 23. 1887 New York Piers, Longshoremen Strike, Knights of Labor Piers 25 and 26 24. 1888 United Hebrew Trades, 175 East Broadway 25. 1888 Hebrew Actors' Union Headquarters, 31 East Seventh Street 26. 1890 The Daily People Offices, Socialist Labor Party , William and Spruce Streets 27. 1892 Ellis Island, Immigration 28. 1897 The Jewish Daily Forward Offices, 175 East Broadway 29. 1898 General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Original Headquarters, 20 West Forty-fourth Street 30. 1899 Irving Hall, Newsboy Strike, 211 Broome Street 31. circa 1900 The Daily Shape-up, Ludlow and Hester Streets 32. early 1900s The Labor Lyceum, 64 East Fourth Street 33. 1900 The International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, 1710 Broadway at Fifty-fourth Street 34. 1903 Women's Trade Union League Original Headquarters, 43 East Twenty-second Street 35. 1906 Emma Goldman Residence, 208 East Thirteenth Street, formerly 210 East Thirteenth Street 36. 1906 The Rand School, 7 East Fifteenth Street 37. 1906 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Bryant Hall, Sixth Avenue between Forty-first & Forty-second Streets 38. 1908 - 1941 Eleanor Roosevelt's Apartment, 49 East Sixty-fifth Street 39. 1909The Amsterdam News Offices, 2340 Frederick Douglass Boulevard 40. 1909-1910 Carnegie Hall, The Shirtwaist Makers Strike, the Uprising of 20,000, ULGU , Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue 41. 1910 Labor Temple, 242 East Fourteenth Street 42. 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire, Greene Street and University Place 43. 1912 Meyer London Residence, 275 East Broadway 44. 1912 Brooklyn's Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 949 Willoughby Avenue at Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn 45. 1912 The Fur District Strike, Twenty-fifth to Thirtieth Streets between Sixth and Eighth Avenues 46. 1916 Margaret Sanger Birth Control Clinic, 46 Amboy Street, Brooklyn 47. 1917 - 1938 Helen Keller Residence, formerly 93 Seminole Avenue, currently the location of the Temple Sinai, 71-11 112th Street, Forest Hills, Queens 48. 1917 - 1928 The Messenger Offices, 2305 and 2311 Seventh Avenue 49. 1918 Malbone Street Subway Station (now the Prospect Park Subway Station), Brooklyn 50. 1919 Lexington Avenue Opera House, Actors' Equity Association Strike, 155 East Fifty-eighth Street 51. 1919 Associated Actors and Artistes of America Headquarters (The "4 A's"), 165 West Forty-sixth Street 52. 1920s Chumley's, Industrial Workers of the World Meetings , 86 Bedford Street 53. 1921 - 24 The Holland Tunnel, International Union of Operating Engineers and The Sandhogs 54. 1923 Il Martello Offices Offices, 208 East Twelfth Street 55. 1938 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Headquarters, 217 West 125th Street 56. 1927 Labor Research Association Offices, 80 East Eleventh Street 57. 1927 Amalgamated Apartments, Van Cortlandt Avenue and Gouverneur Boulevard, Bronx 58. 1927 WEVD Studio, West Forty-fifth Street 59. 1930s The Workers' Lab Theater (Theater of Action), 42 East Twelfth Street 60. 1931 Empire State Building, Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue 61. 1933 Transfiguration Catholic Church, Chinese Hand-Laundry Alliance, Transfiguration Catholic Church, 29 Mott Street 62. 1933 The Catholic Worker Offices, 55 East Third Street 63. 1934 Blumstein's Department Store, Jobs-for-Negroes Boycott, 230-238 West 125th Street 64. 1934 Fifty-ninth Street IRT Powerhouse, Transport Workers Union of America , Fifty-ninth Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues 65. 1934 Jewish Labor Committee Headquarters, 25 East Twenty-first Street 66. 1935 Greenpoint Hospital, Works Progress Administration Mural, Kingsland and Skillman Avenue, Brooklyn 67. 1935 Robert F. Wagner Residence, Eighty-seventh Street and Lexington 68. 1937 Labor Stage Theater, Pins and Needles, ILGWU , Thirty-ninth Street and Broadway 69. 1939 Macy's Department Store, Retail Workers Strike, Herald Square, Sixth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street 70. 1941 Brooklyn Navy Yard, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Strike , 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn 71. 1941 Gimbels Department Store, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Strike, Herald Square 72. 1943 New York City Center , 131 West Fifty-fifth Street 73. 1945 Chelsea Piers, Longshoremen's Wildcat Strike, Eleventh Avenue Between Twenty-Third Street and Nineteenth Street 74. 1949 Electchester Housing, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 164th Street & Kissena Boulevard, Harry Van Arsdale Avenue & Long Island Expressway, Queens 75. 1953 Grand Street East River Houses, ILGWU, 530 Grand Street 76. 1958 AFSCME, District Council 37 Offices, Executive Order 49, 125 Barclay Street 77. 1959 Montefiore Hospital, Drug, Hospital and Health Care Employees Union Strike, 111 E 210th St, Bronx 78. 1959 The New York City Central Labor Council Headquarters, 275 Seventh Avenue 79. 1960 United Federation of Teachers Headquarters, 50/52 Broadway 80. 1963 Harlem Operation Fight Back Headquarters, 320 Pleasant Ave 81. 1965 New York City Department of Welfare Offices, Welfare Workers Strike, 250 Church Street 82. 1965 Taxi Workers' Alliance Headquarters, Taxi Workers Strike, 37 East Twenty-eighth Street 83. 1966 Transport Workers Union of America Headquarters, Transit Strike, 80 West End Avenue 84. 1967 Uniformed Sanitationmen Association Headquarters, Sanitationmen Strike, 25 Cliff Street 85. 1968 Brownsville Ocean-Hill School District, National Federation of Teacher's Strike, Brooklyn 86. 1969 The Association for Union Democracy Headquarters, 104 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn 87. March 1970 The United States Post Office Building, American Postal Workers' Union Strike, Eighth Avenue between Thirty-first and Thirty-third Street 88. 1971 Empire State Labor College, Lexington Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street 89. 1971 Communications Workers of America, District 1 Headquarters, AT&T Bell Strike, 303 W Forty Second Street 90. 1972 Major League Baseball Players' Association Headquarters, Baseball Strike, 12 East Forty Ninth Street 91. 1973 Democratic Socialists of America Headquarters, 75 Maiden Lane 92. 1973 World Trade Center, 200 Greenwich Street 93. 1977 Communist Party Headquarters, 235 West Twenty-third Street 94. 1977-78 United Women Firefighters Headquarters, First Women Firefighters, 300 West Fifty Fiith Street 95. 1979 Abraham Lincoln Brigade Office, 799 Broadway 96. 1981 Javits Center, United Tradeswomen Protest, 655 West Thirty Fourth Street 97. 1982 The Village Voice Offices, 36 Cooper Square 98. 1985 Columbia University, Morningside Heights 99. 1988 United Marine Division of the International Longshoremen's Association Headquarters, Local 333 Strike, 17 Battery Place 100. 1989 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Strike , 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn 101. 1990 Daily News Offices, Newspaper Strike, Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Union, 24-16 Queens Plaza South, Queens 102. 1992 the Earth Pledge Foundation Offices, Theodore W. Kheel, 122 East Thirty-eighth Street 103. 1993 United Auto Workers Headquarters, District 65, 13 Astor Place 104. 1994 Silver Palace Restaurant, Restaurant Workers Strike, 50 Bowery 105. 2003 Flushing Meadow, Immigrant Rally, Corona Park, Queens