About This Item

  • TitleBay Ridge Parkway & 4th Ave
  • Call NumberSUB_0157
  • Cite AsSubway Construction Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the present R line) showing temporary wooden bridge over unpaved street in Bay Ridge; loose scaffolding or fencing on both sides of bridge; warehouse at right of bridge; two workers before warehouse looking into camera; sign at left of bridge reads, "LOOK OUT FOR THE CARS."
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: 6-28-1915.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Warehouses -- New York (State)
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.