About This Item
- TitleAerial view of Brownsville
- Call NumberHOUS_0026
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryAerial view of large section of Brownsville, with white rectangular lines at top showing borders of eventual housing project; within borders two sections marked off as "Park" and one section marked off as "New Recreation Area." Caption on verso: "Second Brooklyn project is located around Betsy Head Park in the Brownsville section (above). The great majority of the buildings scheduled to be demolished are old-law tenements."
- Date1938
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 10 in.
- Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov. 23/38. Title supplied by cataloger. Notations on recto.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
- SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.