About This Item

  • TitleMermaid Avenue
  • Call NumberHERZ_0115
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRow of vacant, brick, three-story commercial/residential buildings with fire escapes on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island and two African American pedestrians on sidewalk in foreground; buildings appear to have been destroyed by fire.
  • Date1976
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March, 1976; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Brick houses ; Building deterioration [lctgm]
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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.