About This Item
- Call NumberNEIG_0478
- TitleTransit nerve center
- SummaryCaption: "Transit nerve center--Here's how the giant new 14-story building at Willoughby and Jay Sts. that will house the Board of Transportation looks now, with its windows all in place. Thirteen stories are visible here; 14th is huge penthouse that will house city's largest private telephone exchange serving entire far-flung city transportation system. Building should be finished near the end of the year;" several stores on street level, portions of commercial and residential buildings on both sides, and moving traffic (several automobiles and two trucks) in foreground.
- Date1950
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 5, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectNew York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation ; Office buildings ; Communication and traffic
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Board of Transportation Building