Map The Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s plat no. 1 : property at Woodhaven, L.I. ; Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s map showing relative position of property to prominent points in cities of New York & Brooklyn Verso

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Title

  • The Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s plat no. 1 : property at Woodhaven, L.I. ; Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s map showing relative position of property to prominent points in cities of New York & Brooklyn

Names

  • Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company.
  • Wells, Jacob.

Created / Published

  • New York : Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company, c1888.

Headings

  • -  Woodhaven (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Real property--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  Local transit--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  New York (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York--Woodhaven
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York

Notes

  • -  Woodside map is black-and-white cadastral map with lot lines/dimensions, lot/block numbers, and street widths.
  • -  "Relative position" map is col. map of adjacent parts of Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens with radial distances from N.Y. City Hall; also shows municipalities and transit routes.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by the Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."
  • -  Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn at fold lines.
  • -  Includes text.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, 1 col. ; 64 x 43 cm. and 45 x 69 cm., sheet 75 x 56 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.N4:2W6G46 1888 .B7

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004625786

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company, and Jacob Wells. The Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s plat no. 1: property at Woodhaven, L.I. ; Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s map showing relative position of property to prominent points in cities of New York & Brooklyn. New York: Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company, 1888. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004625786/.

APA citation style:

Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company & Wells, J. (1888) The Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s plat no. 1: property at Woodhaven, L.I. ; Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s map showing relative position of property to prominent points in cities of New York & Brooklyn. New York: Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004625786/.

MLA citation style:

Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company, and Jacob Wells. The Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s plat no. 1: property at Woodhaven, L.I. ; Brooklyn Hills Improvement Co.'s map showing relative position of property to prominent points in cities of New York & Brooklyn. New York: Brooklyn Hills Improvement Company, 1888. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004625786/>.