The Center for Migration Studies of New York is a think tank and educational institute devoted to the study of international migration, the promotion of understanding between immigrants and receiving communities, and to public policies that safeguard the dignity and rights of migrants, refugees, and newcomers. 

They have a huge archive documenting the early 20th-century South Village Italian American community, and recently shared 16 images with us which are now in our Historic Image Archive. These images powerfully tell the story of the immigrant experience in the South Village, a neighborhood we have worked very hard over the years to honor, document, and preserve through landmark designation.