About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0687
  • Title16th Ave
  • SummaryFacade of large commercial building on 16th Avenue between 82nd Street and 83rd Street; two pedestrians standing in front of small wood-frame house, adjacent at right; three small shed-like buildings on otherwise vacant lot in right foreground; street in near foreground; large commercial building assumed to be P.S. 204 in right background.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteBlack grease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: Sept. 29/31; "Eagle photo." On verso: "To be demolished; 82d & 83d Sts.; to be used for hospital in Dyker Hgts.; P.S. 204 in background." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectCommercial buildings ; Elementary schools ; Public schools ; Streets ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker Heights (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: Dyker Heights