About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1785
  • TitleAerial view of Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach
  • SummaryCaption: "Aerial view of Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach--Looking eastward from head of Bay. Emmons Avenue was then only 80 feet wide (now 120 feet) and the entire north shore of The Bay was then clubs and restaurants. On the Manhattan Beach side, the entire southern and eastern sides of the peninsula was filled-in land, by Joseph P. Day, Inc. (Now [it is] the site of Kingsborough Community College. During World War II, the Coast Guard Training Station was located there.)".
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date typed: 1932. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Aerial views