Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note
: Existence: 1834-1898 (consolidated into the City of New York).
Currently part of: Borough of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, N.Y.
1940s Tax Department photographs
Collection REC-0040
Abstract:
This collection contains photographs of real estate parcels in the five boroughs of New York City, dated between 1939-1951, with the bulk of the images dating from 1939-1941. These photographs were part of a new property card system for assessing real property tax in the city, carried out by the Works Project Administration (WPA) and the New York City Tax Department. Although photographs were taken of most extant properties at the time, some tax-exempt buildings, parcels with vacant lots or...
Dates:
1939-1951; bulk 1939-1941
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Brooklyn Bridge drawings and plans
Collection REC-0010
Abstract:
The Brooklyn Bridge was built over a thirteen year span beginning in 1869. This extensive collection contains the architectural plans and drawings created during the design, planning and construction stages for the suspension bridge by Civil Engineer, John Augustus Roebling, and includes drawings by his son Washington A. Roebling. The bridge officially opened in 1883.
Dates:
1869-1981; bulk 1869-1950
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City of Brooklyn election district maps for 1897
Collection ACC-1952-028
Dates:
1897
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Engine Company Number 3 firehouse blotters, 1879-1891
Collection ACC-2023-003
Dates:
1879-1891
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Investigation report on the quality of water supply for circa 1898 to 1897
Collection ACC-1952-035
Dates:
circa 1896-1897
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Manhattan and Brooklyn liquor licenses
Collection REC-0058
Abstract:
On March 23, 1896, during the 119th session of the New York State Legislature, the “Liquor Tax Law,” was passed, establishing a new taxation policy for the trafficking of intoxicating liquors. Liquor licenses set to expire after the law went into effect on April 30, 1896, were eligible for a refund upon surrendering the license. This collection contains those licenses that were yielded for return in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Dates:
1895-1897; bulk 1895-1896
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Murder, Inc. investigation records
Collection REC-0030
Abstract:
Murder, Inc. was a profit-making enterprise, with the main sources of income being gambling, loansharking, and racketeering. Despite the name, the members of Murder, Inc. were not a gang of hired assassins. They used murder as a means of silencing or intimidating rivals, opponents, and potential witnesses. The Murder, Inc. papers (inclusive dates: 1929-1966, bulk dates: 1940-1951) include case files relating to the investigation and prosecution of the Murder, Inc. crime ring by the Kings County...
Dates:
1929-1966; bulk 1940-1951
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New York City historical vital records
Collection REC-0051
Abstract:
This collection consists of historical vital records created and/or maintained by the City of New York, and historical vital records created and/or maintained by municipalities that were once located within the boundaries of the present-day City of New York that were dissolved or annexed prior to January 1, 1898. These former towns were located in Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester counties. Types of records in this collection are primarily birth, marriage, and death registers,...
Dates:
1760-1949; bulk 1847-1949
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New York City tax assessment property cards
Collection REC-0048
Abstract:
This collection consists of property cards for all taxable properties in New York City, circa 1931-1975. Data on each card includes land value calculation; record of conveyances (ownership); record of mortgages; and record of assessments. Most cards include a site diagram and a small "tax photo" measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches.
Dates:
circa 1931-1975
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New York Police Department surveillance films
Collection REC-0063
Abstract:
Throughout the 20th century, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) conducted overt and covert surveillance on groups and individuals identified as potential security threats to the City. This collection comprises black and white 16 mm silent surveillance films. They were shot by the NYPD Photo Unit for Manhattan (PUM) for the Bureau of Special Services and Investigations (BOSSI). The subjects include a broad range of political activist groups and events from 1960 to 1980. The films are...
Dates:
1960-1980
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Old Town Records
Collection MSS-0004
Abstract:
Before the creation of Greater New York on January 1, 1898, the counties bordering New York County (which is coterminous with New York City)—Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester Counties—were comprised of municipalities (villages, towns, cities), some of which date back to the early days of Dutch and English colonization of Lenapehoking (Lënapehòkink in Unami), the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. This collection includes records created and/or maintained by these municipalities before...
Dates:
circa 1630-1943; bulk 1656-1898
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- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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- New York (N.Y.). Office of the City Clerk (4)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Finance (2)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Health (2)
- New York (State). Metropolitan Board of Health (2)
- Anti-Saloon League of New York (1)
- Black Panther Party (1)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Board of Excise (1)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Department of Water Supply (1)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Office of the City Clerk (1)
- Congress of Racial Equality (1)
- Consumers Brewing Co. of New York City, Ltd. (1)
- Ehret, George, 1835-1927 (1)
- F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. (1)
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (1)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 (1)
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 (1)
- Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet) (1)
- Munk, John J. (1)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Excise (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Health (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge (1)
- New York (N.Y.). City Inspector's Office (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Bridges (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Finance. Bureau of Real Property Assessment (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Highways (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Plant and Structures (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Works (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Fire Department (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Police Department (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Police Department. Bureau of Special Services (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Tax Department (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Transportation Administration (1)
- New York (State). Alcoholic Beverage Control Division (1)
- New York (State). Office of the District Attorney (Kings County) (1)
- New York (State). State Liquor Authority (1)
- New York Bridge Company (1)
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 (1)
- Raines, John, 1840-1909 (1)
- Roebling, Emily Warren, 1843-1903 (1)
- Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869 (1)
- Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926 (1)
- Ruppert, Jacob, 1867-1939 (1)
- S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. (1)
- St. Francis College (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (1)
- United Federation of Teachers (1)
- United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- United States. Works Progress Administration. Division of Research, Statistics, and Records (1)
- Unknown (1)
- William H. Frank Brewing Company (1)
- Young Lords Party (1)
- Youth Against War & Fascism (1)