Brooklyn: New Dock Street - Water Street, 1936

Brooklyn: New Dock Street - Water Street

New Dock Street, west side, north of Water Street, showing W. P. A. construction work on a new storage yard and storehouse (left) for the New York City Department of Purchase under the Brooklyn Bridge on the East River shore. In the background is the structure which, when completed, will support the permanent hoppers for sand and gravel. Across the river is the Manhattan shoreline. December 7, 1936 Works Progress Administration Project 65-97-68

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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