About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0213
  • TitleHouses on Brooklyn Heights
  • SummaryFacades of three five-story brownstone houses at 12, 23, and 25 Pierrepont Street at the intersection of Willow Street; street light and street signs and small tree in foreground; house on right has fire escape. Caption: "Houses on Brooklyn Heights--These three brick houses at Pierrepont and Willow Sts. were picked for preservation by the Municipal Art Society as borough structures which should be preserved because of great local importance."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 21, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Please credit Brooklyn Eagle Photo." On verso: "3 brick houses: 21-23-25 Pierrepont St., cor. Willow St." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownstone buildings
  • 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: Pierrepont Street