About This Item


  • TitleVan Pelt Manor
  • Call NumberNEIG_0066
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of two-story stucco and shingle house with three dormer windows on front; picket fence along front and side, milestone and several trees in foreground, and residential buildings on both sides. Caption: "Van Pelt Manor, still standing at 18th Ave. and 82d St., built about 1686. This picture was taken in April, 1904."
  • Date1904, published 1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: April 10, 1904; date stamped: Nov. 9, 1946; photographer's stamp. On verso: "New Utrecht;" "used in Brooklyn Historical Photos published by Eagle in Supplement on this date." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorNew-York Historical Society
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVan Pelt Manor House ; Historic buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.