1936

Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Sheepshead Bay Road

Emmons Avenue, west from near Sheepshead Bay Road, showing the thoroughfare being widened and a new bulkhead erected by the W. P. A. Many old piers and boat-houses were razed and part of Sheepshead Bay filled in when the avenue was widened, as part of the city's belt highway system. View 1: February 28, 1936 View 2: June 17, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection