About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0337
  • TitleDesign for better service
  • SummaryCaption: "Design for better service--Sketch of present track layout of B. M. T. bottleneck at DeKalb Ave. Station shows how new platform and new Manhattan-bound track will be built at Myrtle Ave. (A) to replace present platform (B) and DeKalb Ave. platform will be moved down half a block (C and D) so they will be entirely straight and complicated crossing switches will be eliminated."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 14 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsmaps (documents)photographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 4, 1948. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSubways -- New York (State) -- New York -- Maps
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Subways: Stations: Modern