About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0475
  • TitleN. Y. City Transportation Building
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0476), some of which may also be described in this new record; Steel framework of Board of Transportation Building under construction at Willoughby Street and Jay Street with several commercial buildings (two are high-rise) in and several derricks in background; and several pedestrians, two moving automobiles, and two trucks (one parked, one moving) in foreground and background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1949. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectNew York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation ; Automobiles ; Building ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Office buildings ; Structural frames ; Trucks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Board of Transportation Building