About This Item

  • TitleAbandoned building
  • Call NumberWORK_0016
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Abandoned building of the Kings Brewery Company serves as headquarters for boy gangsters who meet there to plan forays in the Bedford Stuyvesant area." The exact location is unknown.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On caption: "Eagle staff photo;" date stamped: Apr. 29, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectAbandoned buildings -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Breweries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.