About This Item

  • TitleP.S. 16
  • Call NumberSCHL_1266
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "One of the most famous schools in all the city is old P. S. 16, [157] Wilson St., [a large, three-story, brownstone building] between Lee and Bedford Aves., just over the Williamsburg border in Brooklyn. Known as the old Eastern District school. Built 1858 and added to in 1887, 1918 and 1924;" attached buildings on both sides, six women pedestrians on sidewalk, and parked automobile in far left foreground.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Public School 16, Brooklyn, 157 Wilson St., nr. Bedford Ave.; June 25, 1931" printed in white ink in lower left. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 10, 1946. On verso: "Used in Bushwick Historical Booklet, 1946." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 16 (New York, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.