About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0010
  • Title[Aerial view of Jacob Riis Park]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0011, PARK 0006), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three aerial views, in two different sizes, of Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway, Queens. The images are not dated. Typed caption on 0010: "The proposed plan of improvement at Rockaway Beach includes the acquisition of land adjacent to the boardwalk to a depth of 200 feet, 100 feet of which will be used for the protection of the boardwalk and for play areas, and for the ultimate construction of two municipal bathhouses with adjoining parking space; the remaining 100 feet will be used for a marginal boulevard. The plan also includes the widening of Cross Bay Boulevard over Beach Channel with a plaza to the beach, and elevation of the Long Island Railroad tracks."
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0010: 6 x 10 in. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationJacob Riis Park Historic District (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: Parks: Jacob Riis Park