About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1018
  • Title95 St. and 4 Ave. park
  • SummaryTriangle-shaped vest pocket park at 95th Street and 4th Avenue, with flag pole, bench, and war memorial featuring eagle on top of column; curb, portion of street, and lamppost with street sign ("5 Avenue") in foreground; four-story building with ground-floor drug store facing park; street trees, pedestrians, automobiles, trucks, and other buildings in left background. Inscription on verso: "Plans to rename Fort Hamilton Memorial Park 'Flanagan Sq.' were stopped."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 30/31; Eagle Photo stamp. Title from caption on verso. Inscription in black ink on bottom right of recto: "Eagle." Retouched ; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectParks ; War memorials ; Lampposts
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Fort Hamilton Memorial Park