About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0026
  • TitleAerial view of Brownsville
  • SummaryAerial view of large section of Brownsville, with white rectangular lines at top showing borders of eventual housing project; within borders two sections marked off as "Park" and one section marked off as "New Recreation Area." Caption on verso: "Second Brooklyn project is located around Betsy Head Park in the Brownsville section (above). The great majority of the buildings scheduled to be demolished are old-law tenements."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov. 23/38. Title supplied by cataloger. Notations on recto.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Housing: Brownsville Houses