About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0113
  • TitleFiretrap street
  • SummaryRow of small wood-frame houses on both sides of walkway, tricycle in right foreground, two trees in left foreground, and pedestrian and commercial/residential building in background. Caption: "Firetrap street--view of alley off Surf Ave. in Coney Island shows type of street blasted by Robert Moses in report to Mayor on city's firetraps. Rows of summer cottages, now occupied year round, are crowded along streets which City Construction Co-ordinator has called too narrow to admit fire-fighting equipment."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 5, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBungalows ; Cottages
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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: Coney Island: Housing