About This Item


  • TitleHayward's Map of the City of Brooklyn, copied from the Commissioner's map, 1845.
  • Call NumberMAP_1845-02-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Wards 1-9 depicted to the boundaries of Flatbush, Bushwick, New Utrecht, and Williamsburgh. Ward boundaries outlined in color. Greenwood Cemetery and Atlantic Dock are hilighted. Includes vignette of Brooklyn Heights and index with addresses of churches, bankers, insurance officers, libraries, post office, city hospital, and city buildings. North oriented towards the bottom.
  • Date1845
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : some color ; 15.5 x 21 in.
  • Genrelithographsmaps (documents)
  • CreatorHayward, G.
  • PublisherG. Hayward
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps ; Church buildings--New York (State)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.