About This Item

  • TitleCanarsie pier
  • Call NumberNEIG_0335
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCanarsie pier in Canarsie Beach Park with three buildings in background; roadway with three moving automobiles, several telephone poles and lines, lawn and field in foreground.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 1/41. On verso: typed caption: "View of the Canarsie pier from the North side of Belt Parkway. The pier, which juts out into Jamaica Bay is being reconstructed by WPA forces for fishing parties." Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Piers ; Shorelines
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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.