About This Item

  • TitleHome of the 5th Dist. Municipal Court at 5220 3rd Ave
  • Call NumberGOVT_0112
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree-story brick building in Sunset Park, with elevated subway tracks in foreground; truck with soda bottles, and vendor's cart with bananas in left foreground; sign on second floor above market with awning reads, "FIFTH DISTRICT MUNICIPAL COURT"; man leaning out of window on third floor; fire escape on side of building at left.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Sept. 21/31; Eagle stamp. Eagle inscription at lower right of verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York ; Vending stands -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire escapes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.