About This Item


  • TitleFamous landmark
  • Call NumberNEIG_0692
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of large, two and three-story shingled building with copola on right and sign ("Dancing") over doorway; street light and telephone pole in right foreground, two trees in left foreground, and adjacent building on far left. Caption: "Famous landmark--Reminiscent of old country store--combining a bar, restaurant and grocery store--Arcadia Inn, 2136 Rockaway Ave., still boasts convenient shopping-social spot for Canarsie residents near the Belt Parkway. The old frame structure, vintage of the '90s, is as sturdy as ever despite the passing years."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Mar. 18, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectArcadia Inn ; Taverns (Inns)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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.