About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0591
  • TitleFlatbush Ave. Extension & Myrtle Ave
  • SummarySection of Flatbush Avenue Extension with cobblestone street with trolley tracks and several moving automobiles in foreground, subway on elevated subway platform and derrick in center, and several shops and commercial buildings in background.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: Eagle printed in black ink in far right center. On verso: date inscribed: May 10/32; "Eagle photo" stamp. On verso: "Work on removal of 'L' pillars." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Railroads, Elevated ; Streets ; Subways
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue Extension