The New York Public Library has numerous collections that hold photographs of New York street scenes and houses, a portion of which have been digitized.  See:
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/lane/collections-about-new-york-city

See also a very useful 2014 piece, "How to Find Historical Photos of New York City," by Carmen Nigro, research librarian at NYPL's division of local history and genealogy, at:  https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/07/30/find-historical-photos-nyc

A Google search with the following search terms "nypl local history nyc street photos" yielded some useful results as well.  

Good luck with your search.

Erika Gottfried
Teaneck, New Jersey