About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0057
  • TitleView of Riverside Apartments, showing north face of building at the southeast corner of Furman & Joralemon Sts
  • SummarySix-story redbrick apartment building in two wings in Brooklyn Heights (still extant), seen from left; wrought iron gates connecting wings at bottom, and bridge connecting wings at top; sloping cobblestone street in foreground; two men standing on corner at right; two boys (blurring makes them appear to be three) standing next to gates; gates carved with sign reading "RIVERSIDE."
  • Date1904
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 9.9.1904. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Apartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSubway Construction Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderSubway Construction Photographs; Box 1