About This Item


  • TitleP.S. 242
  • Call NumberSCHL_1451
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1452), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two exterior views, in different sizes, of PS 242, a large, three-story, masonry building with iron fence along front and side, located on Flatlands Avenue between East 100 Street and East 101 Street. Note: There is no evidence that PS 242 exists at the time of cataloging.
  • Date1933
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1452: grease pencil cropping marks. Date inscribed on verso of 1451: Aug. 7/33. On recto of 1452: "Public School # 242, Brooklyn, N./S. Flatlands Ave. from E. 100 to E. 101 Sts." printed in white ink in lower left. Title from inscription on verso of 1452.
  • SubjectPublic School 242 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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.