About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1309
  • Title3rd & 4th Sts. between 4th & 5th Aves
  • SummaryAerial view of empty lot bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Third and Fourth streets, showing foundations of former building; truck, tool shed, and workers removing debris in foreground; rear of building with advertising reading, "5th Ave. Theatre . . . Goldenberg Bros." in corner of lot; some men standing on uneven roof line of same building; trolley car and automobiles on street behind lot; elevated subway line with passing subway train above street; Brooklyn skyline in background.
  • Date1933
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Apr. 13/33. Title from inscription on verso. "Historic Gowanus House remains" -- verso.
  • SubjectVacant lands ; Wrecking ; Signs and signboards ; Railroads, Elevated
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceGowanus Canal (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: Gowanus: Fourth Avenue