About This Item


  • TitleCross Bay Boulevard
  • Call NumberBRID_0167
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Emergency Relief Bureau workers completing sluiceway on Cross Bay Boulevard, Queens, leading to the Rockaways. It will establish an outlet for the north end of Jamaica Bay and prevent the collection of refuse. ..." Cross Bay Parkway leads to Cross Bay Bridge.
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Laying concrete, sluiceway project; 4-27-35" printed in white ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: May 28/35. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectLaborers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Road construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Roads -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceQueens (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.