About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1139
  • TitleFifth Ave. El
  • SummaryTwo men wearing top coats and hats standing in front of large advertising posters. Caption: "Members of the Bay Ridge Community Center want the 3d Ave. trolley to climb the long-unused incline to the 68th St. 5th Ave. 'L' station. B. M. T. officials favor the plan if congestion on local subways will be reduced by a passenger increase on the 'L.' Repairs on the incline will cost $40,000. Incline is shown above, street terminus below."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteLarge, black-outlined circle in center of image. On verso: date inscribed: May 15/31; "Eagle photo." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBay Ridge Community Center ; Street-railroads
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)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: Bay Ridge: 5th Avenue