About This Item

  • TitleRoadway on Bridge St. looking north from 5 ft. north of north curb of Willoughby St
  • Call NumberSUB_0079
  • Cite AsSubway Construction Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryLengthwise view of street of brownstones in Brooklyn Heights showing pile of dirt from roadwork in right foreground; work crew with cart doing roadwork further down street; driver with workhorses pulling heavy cart in left foreground; scaffolding and chute on brownstone at left; signs for plumbing establishment on brownstone at right; pedestrians walking on sidewalk at right; subway train going over elevated tracks in background; large furniture store or warehouse with American flag past elevated subway tracks.
  • Date1922
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 5-29-22.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.