About This Item

  • Title[Brooklyn-Queens Expressway construction]
  • Call NumberTRAN_0511
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "The picture gives a bird's eye view of the Meeker Ave. link with the Brooklyn Crosstown Highway [i.e. Brooklyn-Queens Expressway] that caused the demolition by WPA crews of 345 buildings. ..." The image is not dated.
  • Date[1939?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectExpress highways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roads -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (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.