About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0544
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge Plaza
  • SummaryAerial view of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn with plaza in center, elevated subway tracks on left, many commercial, office, and residential buildings, many parked and several moving automobiles, one moving bus; sign on building in left foreground: "Sonsire's Cafe, Steak House;" Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline in background.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Before removal of Fulton St. El.; looking N. from 27th floor of 16 Court St. over Fulton St. El., Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, 6/6/40. Title from caption on recto.
  • SubjectCityscapes [lctgm] ; Commercial buildings ; Plazas ; Railroads tracks [lctgm] ; Railroads, Elevated
  • 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: Cadman Plaza 1900-1950 (2)