About This Item


  • TitleThe Van Pelt Manor House
  • Call NumberNEIG_0063
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of two-story stucco and single house with three dormer windows on front; iron fence along front, park bench in left foreground, tree in right foreground, commercial/residential building on far left, and residential building in background. Caption: "The Van Pelt Manor House [81st Street and 18th Avenue] as it looked in the early Spring of 1946."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 3, 1946. On verso: "New Utrecht Historical Booklet & Eagle Supplement." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVan Pelt Manor House ; Abandoned houses ; 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.