About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1190
  • TitleA bench with a view
  • SummaryCaption: "A bench with a view--This section of Shore Road Park, extending from 72d St. to Bay Ridge Ave. and just completed by WPA workers according to plans drawn by the Park Department, features a lofty, bench-lined promenade overlooking the Narrows and Staten Island."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 4, 1941. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParks ; Shorelines
  • 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: Shore Road