About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0590
  • TitleFlatbush Ave. Ext
  • SummaryStreet repair on Flatbush Avenue Extension with two workmen removing trolley tracks in foreground; theater on far right: Billy Minsky's Burlesque, and several moving automobiles, several pedestrians and several commercial buildings in background.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Flatbush Ave. Ext. looking n[orth] on Flatbush Ave. Ext. from Fulton St.; men removing tracks, 4/5/34." printed in white ink on bottom. On verso: date inscribed: April 5, 1934. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorNew York (N.Y.). Emergency Relief Bureau.
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Roads -- Maintenance and repair ; Theaters
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue Extension