1936

Upper Bay - Staten Island - Stapleton

(1) Upper New York Bay, Stapleton, Staten Island, showing pier 12, as seen from the new railroad bank near Bay and Congress Streets. The pier is part of the Foreign Trade Zone, established in 1936 for the transshipment, duty free, of foreign goods and to utilize some of the costly wharves built by Mayor Hylan's Administration. May 16, 1936 P. L. Sperr (2) The front of the pier, facing on the newly constructed Murray Hulbert Avenue, which runs along the entire length of the Stapleton waterfront. October 19, 1936 P. L. Sperr (3) Rotting timbers on the south side of Pier 12. October 19, 1936 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection