About This Item

  • Title[Jamaica Bay houses]
  • Call NumberHOUS_0113
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWorkers constructing sidewalk and roadway beside row of temporary Quonset huts (later replaced by housing project still in place) on lot bounded by Rockaway Parkway, East 102nd Street, and Seaview Avenue; truck and steam roller in right background. Partial caption on verso: " . . . In bottom view, taken in 1946, workmen are seen putting finishing touches to the Jamaica Bay Houses, the veterans' housing project which occupied the same site until March, 1953."
  • Date[1946]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 3 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 8, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectQuonset huts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.