About This Item

  • Title[Former courthouse in Sunset Park in later stage of construction]
  • Call NumberGOVT_0032
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of courthouse (now used by police and local community board) at 4th Avenue and 43rd Street, clad in limestone or marble but with winches and cranes rising from unfinished roof; construction debris throughout; automobile and street lamp in lower left foreground; residential buildings in background.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: June 22/31; Eagle Photo stamp; Eagle inscription on recto. White cropping marks; inscription on lower right of recto reading "1 col mort."
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.