About This Item

  • TitleHooker's Map of the village of Brooklyn in the Year 1827. For Bishop's Manual of the Corporation, for 1861.
  • Call NumberMAP_1827-01-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMap depicts Brooklyn including the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Governor's Island and a small edge of Manhattan. Boundaries of the five wards of the village of Brooklyn, the Navy Yard and the Naval Hospital highlighted in color. Lithograph of A. Brown & Company. Oriented with north toward top.
  • Date1827
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : some color ; 16.25 x 20 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)
  • Creator[unknown]
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Governors Island Historic District (New York County, N.Y.)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.