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Call Number: 1987.008
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
A single bound volume, dated 1891, that consists of a report on the paving, curbing, and guttering of New Jersey Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn.
Names:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Atlantic Avenue (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Roads — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1979.021
Extent: 3.75 Linear feet, in 9 document boxes.
This collection comprises the subject files of the Downtown Brooklyn Development Association. The association was founded in 1929 as a civic group concerned with the problems of the business and shopping center in downtown Brooklyn. The papers are news clippings, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, pamphlets, legislative documents, photographs, city plans and maps, and other items relating to organizations and causes with which the association was involved. The majority of the documents were produced by external bodies or individuals but were integral the association’s activities. The three subjects most comprehensively addressed are the development of the Brooklyn Civic Center (Cadman Plaza), the redevelopment of Fulton Street, and traffic and transportation.
Names:
- Downtown Brooklyn Development Association
- Blum, Robert E.
- Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971
- Davenport, Henry J.
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
- Roscoe, Andrew S.
- Stamm, Godfrey A.
- Swift, Thomas A.
- Abraham & Straus
- American Red Cross
- Better Business Bureau of New York City
- Brooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn daily eagle
- Brooklyn Law School
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company
- Citizens Budget Commission (New York, N.Y.)
- Citizens Union Foundation (New York, N.Y.)
- Citizens’ Zoning Committee, Inc
- Independent Subway System (New York, N.Y.)
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company
- New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Commerce and Industrial Development
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Correction
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Public Works
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Traffic
- New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission
- New York Naval Shipyard
- Pratt Institute
- Regional Plan Association (New York, N.Y.)
- Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (New York, N.Y.)
- George Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- Holland Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
- Lincoln Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
- Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
- Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
- Throgs Neck Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Central business districts
- City planning
- Community centers — New York (State) — New York
- Courthouses — New York (State) — New York
- Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
- Local transit — New York (State) — New York
- Parks — New York (State) — New York
- Post office buildings — New York (State) — New York
- Railroads, Elevated
- Transportation
- Urban renewal — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Blueprints (reprographic copies)
- Brochures
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Legislative hearings
- Maps
- Negatives (photographic)
- Newsletters
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Press releases
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Speeches
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Call Number: 1986.034
Extent: 0.06 Linear feet, in one folder
A booklet containing a Kings County lien law passed on June 8, 1853. The law permitted building contractors to place a lien on the owner’s building an/or materials or land on which the contractors worked.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Real estate business — Law and legislation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.178
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
The collection contains poll lists for District 2 on November 4, 1879, certified by James W. Smith, Clerk. The poll list includes voter names.
Names:
- Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.)
Places:
- Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Queens County (N.Y.)
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.145
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
The Brooklyn Democratic Club records, dated 1895, include an announcement, programs, clippings, and letters regarding the club’s dinner celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Silas Wright. The Brooklyn Democratic Club was located at 201 Montague Street. Officers of the Club were Harrington Putnam, President; Alexander Orr and others, Vice-President; Sidney V. Lowell, Chairman of the Governing Committee; Frances Gottsberger, Treasurer; and Charles A. Kelly, Corresponding Secretary. Silas Wright (May 24, 1795-August 26, 1847) graduated from Middlebury College in 1816. In 1824, he was elected as a United States Senator.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Political clubs — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Announcements
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Programs (documents)
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Call Number: 1978.079
Extent: 0.01 Linear feet, in one folder.
This collection contains two binders containing reports issued by the City of New York Department of Parks in 1950 and 1955 regarding renovation proposals and plans for various Brooklyn parks. The first report, titled Program of Post War Repairs, contains a list of needed improvements with associated costs for each park, while the second report, The Esplanade, Borough of Brooklyn: A Connecting Promenade Between Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach Park, contains details on planning and legal authorization, correspondence, and photographs.
Names:
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Parks — New York (State) — Kings County
- Parks — New York (State) — Kings County — Design and construction
- Parks — New York (State) — Kings County — Maintenance and repair
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.041
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
An agreement of local property owners to pay for the cost of paving Fulton Street between Middagh and Pierrepont Streets in Brooklyn, N.Y., dated December 15, 1841.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Fulton Street (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Streets — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.128
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
One volume used to record tax assessments for residents of Brooklyn’s Fourth Ward during the 1840s. Entries detail each resident’s name, street, house number, and total assessment, all written in pencil. The volume was subsequently used as a scrapbook, and only the first sheet of the volume is still legible in regards to the book’s original purpose, containing tax assessments for residents living on Sands Street. Assessment lists on all remaining pages have been pasted over with newspaper clippings of illustrations and copy photographs dating from circa 1860 to 1900 and relating to American military campaigns, history, public transportation, ships and seafaring, historic homes and buildings, fires and fire fighting, churches, recreation, arts, labor, and other subjects and notable events. While several of these clippings relate specifically to Brooklyn and Long Island, many focus on national or international figures and events. While the creator of the scrapbook is not certain, it may have been compiled by Thomas B. Nayes, who lived at 3 Bridge Road in Brooklyn. Nayes’s signature and address are written on the last page of the volume.
Names:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Fourth Ward
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- United States
Subjects:
- Arts — New York (State) — Kings County
- Dwellings — New York (State) — Kings County
- Fire fighters — New York (State) — Kings County
- Fire prevention — New York (State) — Kings County
- Fires — New York (State) — Kings County
- Historic buildings — New York (State) — Kings County
- Labor — New York (State) — Kings County
- Military campaigns
- Ocean travel
- Recreation — New York (State) — Kings County
- Religious institutions — New York (State) — Kings County
- Ships
- Tax assessment — New York (State) — Kings County
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 2007.029
Extent: 1.5 Linear feet, in one oversize volume.
One oversize bound volume containing a resolution adopted by the Brooklyn Common Council in honor of John Shanley, City Clerk and Clerk to the Common Council, upon Shanley’s death in 1890. The resolution is handwritten in illuminated calligraphy.
Names:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Common Council
- Shanley, John, d. 1890
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Politics and government
Subjects:
- Memorial service
- Public officers — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Calligraphy (visual works)
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Volumes (documents by form)
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Call Number: 1978.171
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one box
A report, housed in a single bound volume, on the Brooklyn city plan by architect E.H. Bennett. The report is addressed to Frederic B. Pratt, Chairman of the Brooklyn Committee on City Plan.
Names:
- Bennett, Edward H., 1874-1954
- Brooklyn Committee on City Plan
- White, Alfred Tredway, 1846-1921
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- City planning — New York (State) — Kings County
- City planning — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
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