About This Item

  • Title[Empty lot on Sterling Place]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0218
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryEmpty lot with chainlink fence on Sterling Place and Seventh Avenue where Pillars of Fire Church, destroyed by United Airlines airplane crash on December 16, 1960, previously stood; portion of brick building on far right, one pedestrian (man) in foreground, and parked automobile and truck and brick building with signs: "Texaco," "Sterling Place Garage," and "Free parking for Michel's Restaurant" and fire escape in background.
  • Date1961
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec., 1961; photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Fences ; Pedestrians ; Signs [lctgm] ; Aircraft accidents
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.