I was wrong about the location of the photo. The number of telegraph lines is appropriate for downtown ca. 1850, which means a rectilinear part of old Broadway south of Columbus Circle. Which means that the tents at the right side are not part of the central mall, but something else.
One of the problems here is that even if any of these buildings survive it is likely they have had their fronts completely changed as that old masonry becomes dangerous after a while and some owners would simply remove it. I am trying to confirm Leonard St. as the cross-street now.