About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1009
  • TitleBay Ridge boundary
  • SummaryTwo-story wooden house with dormer window and balustraded porch; leafy trees and bushes in yard enclosed by chain link fence; sidewalk and curb in foreground. Caption: "Bay Ridge boundary -- Significant in the history of the Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton sections, the Bennett Home at 95th St. and Shore Road has been chosen by the Municipal Art Society as worthy of preservation. In earlier times the boundary between the two sections was marked at the northern edge of the Bennett grounds at 87th St."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 1, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDwellings [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses ; Historic buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Fort Hamilton: Homes: Bennett House