About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0950
  • TitleFlatbush and Flatlands Aves
  • SummaryIntersection with large, commercial building in right background, several shops, several parked automobiles, and several pedestrians. Caption: "Flatbush and Flatlands Aves. ... said to be been the first settl[ment] ... man in Kings County, circa 1624. This picture was taken in the spring of 1946. A Flatbush Ave. trolley stops opposite the Flatlands branch of the Manufacturers Trust Co. at 1987 Flatbush Ave."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: small portion of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 13/46. On verso: "Used in Flatlands Historical Booklet & Supplement of Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBanks and banking ; Streets ; Trolley cars
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Flatlands: Flatbush Avenue