About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0524
  • TitleJohnson St. and Brooklyn Bridge Plaza
  • SummarySection of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn with two trucks and trolley pole and lines in foreground, elevated subway station and trolley car on far left, several pedestrians, several parked vehicles, several commercial and residential buildings and plaza area in background, and intersecting streets. Caption: "Careless motorists make the junction of Johnson St. and Brooklyn Bridge Plaza ... one of the traffic hazards of the borough. Although arrows clearly define the direction in which traffic shall travel around the 'island,' motorists seeking parking space along the Plaza disregard the markers, creating serious danger for pedestrians."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: July 28/37. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectStreets ; Subway stations ; 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: Cadman Plaza 1900-1950 (1)