About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0018
  • TitleImposing hall of justice
  • SummaryNeo-classical courthouse in Brooklyn Heights, seen from left, with woman in overcoat on sidewalk in left foreground. Caption on verso: "IMPOSING HALL OF JUSTICE: Above is the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, at Pierrepont St. and Monroe Place, without doubt the most impressive modern structure on Columbia Heights. Opened in 1938, it took 18 months to build and it cost $2,000,000."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Jan. 28, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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: Government: Judiciary: Appellate Division: Supreme Court