The great photographs taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Arts Project 1932-1935, are available online thanks to  the New York Public Library.   Below are some thumbnails.  Click on Changing New York 1932-1935  to view the images.
They are: St. Bartholemew's Church and Waldorf Tower, Starrett Lehigh Bldg - West Street, tug, Lackawanna RR- Freight Station-North River, Pier 11, Penn Station, rail freight cars - East River piers, Central Jersey RR rail-ferry station - North River, East River Skyport, Manhattan Bridge