About This Item


  • TitleYork St
  • Call NumberNEIG_1254
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1253, NEIG 1256, NEIG 1257, NEIG 1255), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views, in different sizes, of York Street in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1254-1256 are views of the street with wood-frame residential buildings and all include vehicles. 1253 and 1257 are aerial views of York Street and environs including residential and commercial buildings; 1253 includes portion of Sweeney Mfg. Co. in left background and commercial building with sign, "Gair Realty Corp., lofts to let" in right background.
  • Date[1894?]-1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1257: on verso: "Ca. after 1893. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.