
1938; 1939
Bridges - Penny Bridge - Newtown Creek - Queens.
Penny Bridge, showing the Bridge house at the foot of Laurel Hill Blvd. View 1: August 13, 1938. View 2: August 22, 1939. P.L. Sperr Note: The bridge was closed down when the new span, the Kosciusco Bridge, was built. The closing took place in 1939. These views are across Newtown Creek, from the Brooklyn shore.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
![Bridges - Penny Bridge over Newtown Creek, [linking Brooklyn and Queens.], 1934](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F047e0f90-0f4d-47be-8bed-3e7c047ac627.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Bridges - Penny Bridge over Newtown Creek, [linking Brooklyn and Queens.], 1934](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F0a4cb903-5464-48e2-9622-b0643a1dffea.jpg&w=3840&q=75)


![Bridges - Kosciusko Bridge over Newtown Creek, Brooklyn, New York - [Construction.], 1936–1939](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F15fe558b-391a-475e-b440-3f431f41d291.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Bridges - Penny Bridge [Meeker Avenue Bridge] - Newtown Creek., 1938–1939](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F16dc1324-6e14-425c-b9bc-5b6eddb0724d.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Bridges - Penny Bridge over Newtown Creek, [linking Brooklyn and Queens.], 1934](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F1da29d49-79a6-41e6-9650-d4cfe7ee24a2.jpg&w=3840&q=75)




![Bridges - Penny Bridge [Meeker Avenue Bridge] - Newtown Creek., 1938–1939](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F4eb3a3ee-2c52-42b0-9808-51f2f9586020.jpg&w=3840&q=75)