1936

Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Emmons Avenue

Shore Boulevard, between Emmons Avenue (right) and West End Avenue, viewing west on Sheepshead Bay and showing highway operations being conducted by the W. P. A. The thoroughfares in this area are being widened and new bulkheads erected in connection with the city's belt highway system. View 2 is across the Boulevard toward Emmons Avenue; view 3 is east across Sheepshead Bay, Emmons Ave. being on the left with the Bayview Apartments prominently visible at Sheepshead Bay Road. View 1: May 11, 1936 Views 2,3: August 21, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection