About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0295
  • TitleIntersection of Howard & East New York Avenues
  • SummaryIntersection of Howard Avenue and East New York Avenue with residential/commercial buildings, gas station, several parked and moving automobiles, bus, two trucks, and several pedestrians.
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately 1/4 of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 26, 1936. On verso: "Intersection of Howard & East New York Avenues, where says Mr. Spratt, 'There's too much traffic for one light'." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Buses ; Service stations ; Streets ; Trucks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Brownsville: Neighborhood: General