About This Item


  • Title[Playground at Flushing Avenue and Steuben Street]
  • Call NumberPARK_0046
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of playground located at Flushing Avenue and Steuben Street, with several parked automobiles on far right and several large commercial buildings, including one with sign, "M. P. Santini," and high-rise apartment complex in background.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 9, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: "Opening June 8." Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectCommercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Playgrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.