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