About This Item

  • TitleBreaking traffic bottleneck
  • Call NumberNEIG_0499
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Breaking traffic bottleneck--First cars to take advantage of the end yesterday of the long-standing detour for southbound traffic on Flatbush Ave. at Atlantic and 4th Aves., adjacent to the Flatbuh [sic] Ave. depot of the Long Island Rail Road;" section of business district with several retail stores, many commercial and residential buildings, many pedestrians, several moving automobiles, and billboard ("Schaefer") in upper right background. Image slightly out of focus.
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 12 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 19, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Torn slightly in lower right corner.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Pedestrians ; Railroad stations ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.