About This Item

  • TitleCrescent Athletic Club
  • Call NumberCLUB_0014
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "This is all that's left of the once proud and beautiful ... Crescent Athletic Club on Shore Road near 84th St. Within a few days, it will be no more. On its site will be erected the new high school [Fort Hamilton High School] authorized early in the year ..."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov.22/38; stamped: "Home Talk;" on caption: "Gerard photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAthletic clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Demolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.