About This Item

  • TitlePedestrian promenade atop triple-deck highway
  • Call NumberNEIG_0226
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view. Typed caption: "Pedestrian promenade atop triple-deck highway--With Brooklyn Bridge towers and Manhattan skyline visible in distance, photo shows half-mile pedestrian promenade which tops unique triple-deck section of Brooklyn-Queens Connecting Highway along Furman Street on Brooklyn Heights. ..." Brooklyn Eagle caption: "Stroller's view--This photo gives a view of the promenade or third deck of the tripile-deck section of the Brooklyn-Queens Connecting Highway on Furman St. between Joralemon and Middagh Sts. The promenade deck is designed for pedestrian use."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed and stamped on verso: Oct. 11, 1949. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Express highways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Walkways -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (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.