About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0239
  • TitleThis is Brooklyn Heights?
  • SummaryCaption: "This is Brooklyn Heights?--Rotting stoop of 54 Willow St., [a wood-frame house], in section which once was Brooklyn's most plush, shows decay which is creeping into the Heights. Building has been the subject of repeated protests by the Brooklyn Heights Association." Close-up image includes portion of door and doorway.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 16, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDoors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Doorways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stairs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Brooklyn Heights: Willow Street