About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0177
  • TitleBrooklyn Heights home
  • SummaryFacade of three-story house with iron fence in front, adjoining apartment houses on both sides, and parked automobile in foreground. Caption: "Brooklyn Heights home--This structure at 52 Livingston St., with its lattice and grille work on the lower and upper porches, typical of 19th century Brooklyn architecture and the gracious living of a bygone era, should be preserved as a borough landmark, according to the Municipal Art Society."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 24, 1954; Brooklyn eagle Stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Dwellings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Brooklyn Heights: Livingston Street.