About This Item


  • TitleConey Island
  • Call NumberCONE_0368
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of Coney Island with beach, boardwalk and amusement and residential areas. Caption: "Coney Island today and how it will possibly appear in the future. ...with superimposed, a drawing of the straightened boardwalk and enlarged beach and play areas."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 21, 1939. On verso: typed label: "Proposed treatment: average width of new section of beach five hundred feet under new plan which adds twenty-eight acres of beach." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Beaches ; Boardwalks ; Shorelines
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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.