About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0029
  • TitleBrownsville Houses project takes shape
  • SummaryAerial view of construction site, with workers on roofs of three buildings at different elevations; construction sheds in foreground; apartment houses and water tower in background; snow on ground throughout. Caption on verso: "Brownsville Houses Project Takes Shape: Workmen push operations on 1,338-family project going up on site bounded by Sutter, Stone, Dumont and Rockaway Aves. View is toward Dumont Ave. When completed the development will consist of 27 three-story walkup and six-story elevator buildings. First families will probably move in by late Spring or early Summer."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 16, 1947; New York City Housing Authority stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorNew York City Housing Authority
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Housing: Brownsville Houses