About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0041
  • TitleNew playground
  • SummaryAerial view: caption: "New playground--The Park Department has completed and opened a new playground [with basketball court] adjacent to P. S. 35 [located at 272 McDonough Street]. There are now 482 playgrounds in the park system." Image includes portion of school in right background and several attached brownstone houses in far left background.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 23, 1942. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 35 (New York, N.Y.) ; Playgrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Parks: Playgrounds: General