About This Item

  • Title7th Ave. at corner of Sterling Place
  • Call NumberHERZ_0217
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of vacant brownstone house with two broken windows and "For sale" sign on Seventh Avenue at Sterling Place, site of United Airlines airplane crash on December 16, 1960; chainlink fence, two pedestrians (boys) and garbage can in right foreground and portion of attached house on far left.
  • Date1961
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec., 1961; photographer's stamp. On verso: "Emply lot had Chinese laundry, grocery & dwellings. They were destroyed. ... House on left still shows scars of the accident. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectBrownstone buildings ; Fences ; Pedestrians ; Refuse and refuse disposal ; Aircraft accidents
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.