Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration;...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration;...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration;...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration;...

Brooklyn Borough Hall murals

One of sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration;...

Brooklyn centenary celebration

Two exterior views, in different sizes, of workmen erecting reviewing stands at Borough Hall for the Brooklyn...

Brooklyn Law School

Section of Pearl Street with several commercial buildings and several parked vehicles. Caption: "Brooklyn Law School, 375 Pearl St. [...

Brooklyn Law School

Caption: "Brooklyn Law School, 375 Pearl St., is one of the largest law schools in the nation today;" close-up of entrance with young...

Brooklyn Law School

Portion of a room, perhaps lobby, of Brooklyn Law School at 375 Pearl Street.

Brooklyn observes Armistice Day

Caption: "Brooklyn observes Armistice Day--Members of veterans and patriotic organizations paraded through the...

Brooklyn of the future

Architectural rendering. Caption: "Brooklyn of the future: An architectural study shows tentatively how the Brooklyn Civic Center will...

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute

Caption: "Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute--The brick [Administration] Building at 99 Livingston St., judged worthy...

Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Exterior close-up view, of the entrance to the Brooklyn Society for the...

Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Exterior close-up view, of the entrance to the Brooklyn Society for the...

Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Exterior close-up view, of the entrance to the Brooklyn Society for the...

Brooklyn Urban League

Exterior view of the headquarters of the Brooklyn Urban League, a four-story building located at 104 Fleet Place, apparently in the...

Brooklyn's dome

View of dome, pediment, and second story porch with Corinthian columns of Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (...

Brooklyn's new Municipal Building, as approved by Art Commission

Rendering of rejected plan for Municipal Building...

Building in distress

Close-up view of dome and pediment of Kings County Courthouse (subsequently demolished), with upside down American flag atop pediment....

Cherry blossom time

Caption: " Cherry blossom time--Mrs. Thomas H. Roulston pins flower in buttonhole of Frank D. Schroth [Brooklyn Eagle editor] as flower...

Civic Center Supreme Court to be razed

View from right of neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently...

Cooking

Caption: "Cooking--[Three male] students [wearing chef uniforms] in the hotel department of New York City Community College [at 300 Pearl Street] try their hand...

Cornerstone ceremonies

Cornerstone ceremony for courthouse at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school). Caption: "Cornerstone...

Courtroom scene

Overhead view of woman at desk in crowded, nondescript office looking up at six or seven people (backs to camera) standing before her;...

Crowds gathered

Large crowd, some holding American flags, none cheering, gathered behind wooden barricades in Downtown Brooklyn; storefronts along Court Street...

Dear God, we thank thee

Two women (backs to camera) kneeling in prayer next to sailor lighting candle before statue of Saint Anthony at church on Jay...

Destination school system

Caption: "Destination school system--Here are some of the 3,000 applicants who turned out for the emergency examinations. The...

Diagrammatic section of Brooklyn Civic Center showing proposed pedestrian overpass over...
Dome lifting

Aerial view from left of scaffolding covering dome of neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished);...

Domestic Relations Court

Entrance of Domestic or Family Court building at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school); man with...

Domestic Relations Court, Bklyn

Women in crowded office, perhaps family court building in downtown Brooklyn; some women working at desks, perhaps...

Dope destroyed

Caption: "Dope destroyed--A quartet of Sanitation Department workers reap a potentially unhappy harvest of marijuana weeds from the rear lot at 51...

Downtown 1982

Close-up, exterior view of an African American man and a young African American girl, perhaps his daughter, in Downtown Brooklyn. The exact location...

Downtown Brooklyn

Exterior view of two young African American men crouching and leaning on a grafitti-covered square, cement block on a street in Downtown...

Elks Brooklyn lodge

Facade of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks clubhouse, a twelve-story limestone building built by McKim, Mead & White in 1926...

Every little bit helps

Groundbreaking ceremony for courthouse at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school). Caption: "Every Little...

Facade of proposed new courthouse

Architectural rendering of neoclassical courthouse in downtown Broooklyn, no longer extent, if ever built.

First through the doors

Group of smiling and laughing dignitaries standing at entrance to courthouse at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public...

Flatbush Ave. looking toward Fulton St.

View of subway construction site on Flatbush Avenue looking toward Fulton Street.

Friends

Close-up, exterior view of two African American teenage girls sitting on a bench in Downtown Brooklyn. They have their arms around each other's shoulders. The...

Friends School

Brooklyn Friends School at 112 Schermerhorn Street, Meeting House and environs with several parked automobiles and one bus and portions of other...

Friends School

Brooklyn Friends School at 112 Schermerhorn Street, Meeting House and environs with several parked automobiles and one bus and portions of other...

Friends School

Brooklyn Friends School at 112 Schermerhorn Street, Meeting House and environs with several parked automobiles and one bus and portions of other...

Fulton St. renamed

Three officials in ribbon cutting ceremony in downtown Brooklyn; color guard and marching band behind them; spectators lining sidewalk at...

Fulton Street above Flatbush Avenue

View of Fulton Street with horse-drawn streetcar and carriages, underneath the elevated train, above...

Fulton Street before the "L" came

View along Fulton Street circa 1886; including horse drawn carriages and railcars, pedestrians, buildings, and...

Grand jurors visit jail

Fifteen men posing in front of bus parked in before building with rusticated base and arched entrance; several others in bus....

Ground plan, new Municipal Building, Brooklyn

Ground plan of entrance floor of Municipal Building on Joralemon Street in downtown...

Growing family

Caption: "Growing family--Monsignor William M. Casey, rector of St. Vincent's Home for Boys [located at 66 Boerum Place], welcomes the new members...

Hall of Records as it will appear when extension is completed

Architectural rendering of neoclassical building (since...

Hall of Records building

Five workers with ladders, buckets, and paint brushes in skylit room in former Hall of Records, a neoclassical building (since...