1939

Brooklyn: Clinton Street - 9th Street

Clinton Street, at West 9th Street. Shown are two general views, in a southwesterly direction, of the Red Hook Houses under construction, a low rent, government-sponsored housing development. In the foreground of view 2 is Hamilton Avenue (trolley thereon), where excavation is going on which will transform the avenue into the northerly extension of the Belt Parkway. April 9, 1939 Views 1,2 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection