About This Item

  • TitleDangerous crossing
  • Call NumberNEIG_0325
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Dangerous crossing--Need for traffic light at this intersection, Flatlands Ave. and Rockaway Parkway, was stressed by the Rev. Vincent O. Genoa, of Holy Family R. C. Church, speaking at Canarsie Board of Trade meeting. He cited several accidents at crossing;" several moving automobiles, several telephone poles (and lines) and several residential and other buildings; building in left background is perhaps church or church-related building.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: March 18/37. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Dwellings [lctgm] ; Streets
  • 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.