While the great American landscape is liberally dotted with gas stations, they have quickly disappeared from the terrain of New York City. Today, there are fewer than 35 gas stations in Manhattan and only 1 station south of 23rd Street. Here are a few stations across the city.

Public School 73 ARCHITECT: James W. Naughton DATE: 1888, 1895 STYLE: Italianate Palazzo, French Second Empire, Romanesque Revival An impressive brick and stone structure, P.S. 73 is an excellent example of nineteenth-century school architecture by one of the major practitioners in that field, James W. Naughton, superintendent of buildings for the Board of Education. The school was built in two sections, the first in 1888 and an extension in 1895. The structure has a number of architectural references to earlier styles, including Italianate palazzo, French Second Empire, and Romanesque Revival.

Bushwick Avenue at Eastern Parkway, May 3, 1929. The view is northwest up Bushwick Avenue, toward Williamsburg. The BMT Canarsie Line emerges from its tunnel as it climbs toward Broadway Junction station, just out of frame to the left. The large church at center-left is Our Lady of Lourdes, on Aberdeen Street between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue. The 1897 Roman Catholic Church — which included a "replica" grotto commemorating the 19th century visitation at Lourdes, France — was destroyed by a suspicious three-alarm fire in November, 1975.