Soon after this photo is taken, the area at the left of the composite photo with just a few scattered houses in an uneven field will become the Red Hook Ball Fields and recreational area. Part of this area had been home to a shanty town, which went...

In the early 1920s, the international freight trade collapsed leaving as many as 1,000 Norwegian seamen unemployed and unable to get back home. With little to no income many of them made shelters on a large area of landfill and rubble just north of...

Columbia Street, west side, north of Verona Street. At the left is seen the American Can Co. on Dwight Street, between Delevan and Verona Streets. Also note sign in background reading "Hardwood Lumber". The structure for the American Can Company is...

Street address: Columbia Street & Verona Street, Brooklyn, NY

56-60 Sullivan Street, north side, west of Richards Street. None of these structures exist today. The location is now fenced-in parking.

Street address: Sullivan Street & Richards Street, Brooklyn, NY

74-82 Sullivan Street, north side, between Richards and Van Brunt Streets. None of these structures exist today. The location is now occupied by a brick building, listed (in 2013) as "Residential Loft Building"

Street address: Sullivan Street & Richards Street, Brooklyn, NY

Bush Street, south side, east from Otsego and Dwight Streets to Columbia Street. Most of the area seen in the foreground was in 1929 designated as Todd Field.

Street address: Bush Street & Otsego Street, Brooklyn, NY

Bush Street (trees thereon), south side, east from Columbia to Clinton Streets. In the background on Clinton and Bush Streets is the Sapolin Co. building. Also shown is 501-507 Columbia Street, south from Bush Street. Most of the seen area in this...

Street address: Bush Street & Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY

Bush Street, east side, north of Columbia Street. This site is now in the middle of the Red Hook Houses.

Street address: Bush Street & Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY

489-481 Columbia Street, east side, north of Bush to Center Streets, showing some homes acquired by the City of New York which will soon be demolished and replaced with Low Cost Housing Apartments. This location is now in the middle of the Red Hook...

Street address: Columbia Street & Bush Street, Brooklyn, NY

A view of  Bush Street, east from Columbia Street.   On the corner is the Erie Brass Foudry, which which specialized in the making of brass castings for use by local shipyards.  It was owned and operated by William Mulligan from the late...

Street address: Bush Street & Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY