About This Item

  • TitleFive Points, New York City
  • Call NumberBRAI_0205
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryIntersection of converging streets in Manhattan, possibly at area known as Five Points; upended pushcarts stored against building at left; sign on storefront in center reads, "Irish & Scotch Whiskies"; pedestrians on sidewalk at left, some apparently looking at camera; streetcar tracks, cobblestone, and dirt in foreground.
  • Date1877
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from Brainerd Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectSlums -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationFive Points (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.