About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0022
  • TitleBedford-Stuyvesant project rises
  • SummaryApartment building under construction; man walking toward building in center foreground; parked automobiles and construction debris at right and left. Caption on verso: "Bedford-Stuyvesant Project Rises: Nearly completed brickwork is shown on one of the seven buildings comprising the second section of Brevoort Houses, only low-rent project in the Federally aided housing program authorized for Brooklyn this year. Bounded by Patchen Ave., Bainbridge St., Ralph Ave. and Fulton St., the 484-family development is being built by the general contractor, Joseph P. Blitz, Inc., for the New York City Housing Authority."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 1, 1954; New York City Housing Authority stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks and notations on recto.
  • CreatorNew York City Housing Authority
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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: Housing: Brevoort House