About This Item

  • TitleThe Church of the Neighbor
  • Call NumberCHUR_0898
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade (stone) of church with free-standing sign in yard on left, two parked automobiles and two fire hydrants in center/right foreground, commercial/residential building on far left, and intersecting streets. Caption: "The Church of the Neighbor Swedenborgian Church, on Monroe Place at Clark Street where 'Good Neighbors' worship. A feature that inevitably captures the attention of casual strollers through Brooklyn Heights is the religious bookstore on Clark Street side of the building." (Known earlier as Church of the New Jerusalem.).
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: captions stamped: Aug 16, 1941, Mar. 13, 1949, and Oct, 4, 1953. Title from latest caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch of the Good Neighbor ; New Jerusalem Church ; Swedenborgians
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.