About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0573
  • Title[Brooklyn-Queens Expressway construction]
  • SummaryCaption: "... near the East New York station of the Long Island Railroad ... the sinking of the tracks underground and the conversion of the surface roadway into a smooth and spacious arterial link between Brooklyn and Queens."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 18, 1941. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConstruction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Express highways -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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: Highways: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: Construction