About This Item

  • Title[Cooper Park Houses under construction]
  • Call NumberHOUS_0044
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryConstruction site showing early stages of construction of high-rise apartment buildings in Greenpoint; one worker (back to camera) in front of low-rise building in foreground. Typed label on verso: "A view of two of the buildings in Cooper Park Houses, a federally-aided low-rent project for which the New York City Housing Authority will begin to distribute application blanks tomorrow (December 9). These two buildings are located on Frost Street near Kingsland Avenue. In left foreground is the Children's Center, where care will be provided for pre-school age children (three to five) of working mothers."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 9, 1952; New York City Housing Authority stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Notations on bottom of recto.
  • CreatorNew York City Housing Authority
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (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.