1938; 1939

Bridges - Kosciusko Bridge.

Kosciuszko Bridge: A view across the area in Brooklyn where the new Kosciuszko Bridge will be thrown across Newtown Creek, linking Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn and Laurel Hill Boulevard in Queens. View 2 shows the $6,000,000 high-level span when completed, seen from Brooklyn. The bridge was formally named for the Polish patriot Thaddeus Kosciuszko by Mayor LaGuardia on September 22, 1940. For additional data see "The New York Times," September 23, 1940. View 1: August 13, 1938 View 2: August 22, 1939 P. L. Sperr 3) A more distant view of the bridge, seen from the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge over New-town Creek. P.L.Sperr July 25, 1939

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection