Guide to the Atlas of the borough of , city of New York by George W. and Walter S. Bromley

COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator: 100 1#$aBromley, G. W.$q(George Washington)$d1873-1914 100 Main Entry – Personal Name, 1 – Surname, # – Undefined, $a – Personal name, $q – Fuller form of name, $d – Dates associated with a name

Type of entity: Person

Title: 245 04$aAtlas of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York: $bfrom actual surveys and official plans$h[electronic resource] /$cGeorge W. and Walter S. Bromley. 245 Title Statement, 0 – No added entry, 4 – Number of nonfiling characters $a – Title, $b – Remainder of title, $h – Medium, /$c – Statement of responsibility

Dates: 264 #1$aPhiladelphia : $bG. W. Bromley and Co., $cⓅ1908 264 – Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice. # – Not applicable/ No information provided/ Earliest, 1 – Publication, $a – Place of production, publication, distributer, manufacturer, $b – Name of producer, publisher, distributer, manufacturer, $c – Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacturer, or copyright notice

Quantity/ Extent: 300 ##$a84 Digitally photographed maps 300 – Physical Description, # - Undefined, # - Undefined, $a – Extent

Abstract: 545 1#$aThe Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division at the New York Public library is one of the world’s premier map collections in terms of size, scope, unique holdings, diversity and intensity of use. The date of acquisition of this particular collection is unknown however most of the collection was acquired after 1971.$bThis collection contains an atlas of the entire borough of Brooklyn. Complete in one volume. From actual surveys and official records by G.W. Bromley & Co., civil engineers. Published by Geo. W. Bromley. 545 – Biographical or Historical Data, 1 – Administrative history, # - Undefined, $a Biographical or historical data, $b - Expansion

Language(s): 546 ##$aEnglish 041 0#$aeng 546 – Language Note, # - Undefined, # - Undefined, $a – Language note 041 – Language Code, 0 – Item not a translation/does not include a translation # - MARC language code, $a – Language code of text/sound track or separate title

Catalog Call Number: Map Div.+++ (Brooklyn) (Bromley, G.W., & Co. Atlas of the Borough of Brooklyn. 1907

Digital ID: 084 ##$a7119365$qocolcwe ##$ab13995708$qnn 084 – Other classification Number, # - Undefined, # - Undefined, $a – Clasification number, $q – Assigning agency, ocolcwe – OCLC, nn – NYPL

Arrangement: 351 ##$bNumbered plates, kept in the order in which they arrived. 351 – Organization and Arrangement of Materials, # - Undefined, # - Undefined, $b – Arrangement Repository/ Location: 535 1#$3Atlas plates$aThe Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division;$b5th Ave at 42nd St, New York, NY 10018;$cUSA $d917- 275-6975$gnn 535 – Location of Originals/Duplicates Note, 1 – Holder of originals, # - Undefined, $3 – Materials Specified, $a – Custodian, $b – Postal address, $c – Country, $d – Telecommunications address, $g – Repository location code nn – MARC code for NYPL

Method of Acquisition: 541 ##$aSource unknown 541 – Immediate Source of Acquisition Note, # - No information provided, # - Undefined, $a – Source of acquisition

HISTORICAL NOTE 545 0#$aResearch on G. W. Bromley or his brother Walter S. Bromley has not yielded much information on the life of the brothers or how the New York Public library came into possession of many of the maps produced by G. W. Bromley & Co.$bWhat is known is the purpose the maps served. Like most maps created at this time, the maps were designed to assist fire insurance agents in determining the degree of hazard associated with a particular property and therefore show the size, shape, and construction of dwellings, commercial buildings, and factories as well as fire walls, locations of windows and doors, sprinkler systems, and types of roofs. The maps also indicate widths and names of streets, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. These fire insurance atlases were made in the early twentieth century and were published for the New York metropolitan area by G.W. Bromley and Company. They were purchased by a variety of clients including real estate brokers, insurance and railroad companies, government departments, and individuals for private use. G.W. Bromley & Company eventually also published atlases of Boston, Philadelphia and several other East Coast cities. Following the death of the brothers, the company concentrated its efforts on New York with the final known imprint bearing the Bromley name published in that city in 1960. 545 – Biographical or historical Data, 0 – Biographical sketch, $b – Expansion

RELATIONSHIP: 600 14$aBromley, G. W.$q(George Washington) 600 Subject added Entry-Personal Name, 1 – Surname, 4 – Source not specified, $a – Personal name, $q - Fuller form of name

700 1#$aBromley, Walter S. 700 Added Entry – Personal Name, 1 – Surname, # - Undefined, $a – Personal name

SCOPE and CONTENTS 520 2#$aThe Atlas of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York: from actual surveys and official plans by George W. and Walter S. Bromley contain hand colored lithographed maps. Maps in the atlas show buildings, fire hydrants, steam and street railways, original watercourses, original farm lines, ward boundaries, water mains, block dimensions. They also contain information such as political boundaries, geographic features, and planned but unopened streets. 520 – Summary, Etc., # - Summary, $a – Summary, etc.

PROCESSING NOTE: A student in the St. John’s Division of Library and Information Science prepared this finding aid in the fall of 2014.

RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions on Access 506 0#$aAccess copy available to the general public.$fUnrestricted 506 – Restrictions of Access Note, 0 – No restrictions, # – Undefined, $a – Terms of governing access, $f – Standardized terminology for access restriction

Restrictions on Use We believe these maps have no known US copyright restrictions. To the extent that some jurisdictions grant NYPL an additional copyright in the digital reproductions of these maps, NYPL is distributing these images under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The maps may be subject to rights of privacy, rights of publicity and other restrictions. It is your responsibility to make sure that you respect these rights.

CONTAINER LIST Box 1 1. Outline Map of the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.

2. Plate 1: Part of Section 1.

3. Plate 2: Bounded by Clark Street, , Tillary Street, Gold Street, Willoughby Street, Bond Street, Atlantic Avenue, Court Street, Amity Street, Columbia Street, Atlantic Avenue and East River Furman Avenue 4. Plate 3: Part of Section 2. 5. Plate 4: Bounded by Atlantic Avenue, Bond Street, Schermerhorn Street, , Fifth Avenue, President Street and Court Street. 6. Plate 5: Bounded by Clermont Avenue, Greene Avenue, S. Portland Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, , Flatbush Avenue, Schermerhorn Street, Bond Street, Dekalb Avenue, Gold Street, Tillary Street, Navy Street & 7. Plate 6: Part of Sections 4 &7 8. Plate 7: Part of Sections 6 &7 9. Plate 8: Part of Sections 6 &7

10. Plate 9: Bounded by S. 11th Street, Berry Street, S. 10th Street, , S. Ninth Street, Roebling Street, , Marcy Avenue, S. Fifth Street, Rodney Street, S. Fourth Street, Keap Street, S. Third Street, Hooper Street, S. Second Street, 11. Plate 10: Bounded by Metropolitan Ave., Kent Ave., N. Third St., Wythe Ave., N. Fifth St., Berry St., N. Seventh St., Bedford Ave., N. Ninth St., Driggs Ave., N. 10th St., Roebling St., Union Ave., S. Second St., Hooper St., S. Third St., Keap St., S. F

12. Plate 11: Bounded by Noble St., Manhattan Ave., Calyer St., Diamond St., Norman Ave., Newell St., Driggs Ave., Graham Ave., Bayard St., Union Ave., Roebling Ave., N. Eleventh St., Driggs Ave., N. Ninth St., Bedford Ave., N. Seventh St., Berry St., N. First 13. Plate 12: Bounded by Commercial Street, Ash Street, Box Street, Paidge Avenue Newtown Creek, Sutton Street, Calyer Street, Manhattan Avenue, Noble Street, West Street East River Piers and Commercial Street.

14. Plate 13: Part of Sections 9 &10.

15. Plate 14: Bounded by Bayard Street, Graham Avenue, Meeker Avenue, N. Henry Street, Herbert Street, Kingsland Avenue, Division Place, Morgan Avenue, Teneyck Street and Union Avenue.

16. Plate 15: Part of Sections 9 &10.

17. Plate 16: Part of Sections 9 &10.

18. Plate 17: Part of Section 11.

19. Plate 18: Bounded by Flushing Avenue, Bremen Street, Bushwick Avenue, Willoughby Avenue, Broadway, Hart Street, Stuyvesant Avenue, Lafayette Avenue and .

20. Plate 19: Bounded by Stuyvesant Avenue, Fulton Street, , Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Avenue, Fulton Street, Tompkins Avenue and Lafayette Avenue.

21. Plate 20: Bounded by Saratoga Avenue, Chauncey Street, Stuyvesant Avenue, Hart Street, Broadway, Willoughby Avenue, Bushwick Avenue & Broadway.

22. Plate 21: Bounded by Harman Street, St. Nicholas Avenue, Gates Avenue, Wyckoff Avenue, Cornelia Street, Irving Avenue, Halsey Street, Broadway, Van Buren Street and Bushwick Avenue.

23. Plate 22: Bounded by Halsey Street, Irving Avenue, Eldert Street, Knickerbocker Avenue, Most Holly Trinity Cemetery, Moffatt Street, Central Avenue, Chauncey Street, Evergreen Avenue, Granite Street, Evergreen Cemetery, Bushwick Avenue, Conway Stree

24. Plate 23: Part of Sections 5,6 & 12.

25. Plate 24: Bounded by Saratoga Avenue, East New York Avenue, Rochester Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Utica Avenue, Fulton Street, Reid Avenue and Chauncey Street.

26. Plate 25: Part of Section 5.

27. Plate 26: Part of Sections 5 & 6.

28. Plate 27: Part of Sections 4 & 5.

29. Plate 28: Bounded by Fourth Avenue, President Street, West and Prospect Avenue.

30. Plate 29: Part of Sections 2 & 4.

31. Plate 30: Part of Section 2.

32. Plate 31: Bounded by Richards Street, Erie Basin Dry Docks Beard Street, Dwight Street, Bush Street, Columbia Street, Center Street, Hicks Street, Hamilton Avenue, Gowanus Canal Smith Street, Percival Street, Court Street, Bryant Street, Clinton Str

33. Plate 32: Bounded by New York Bay Second Avenue, 28th Street, , Hamilton Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Fifth Avenue and 38th Street.

34. Plate 33: Bounded by First Avenue New York Bay Piers, 40th Street, Second Avenue, 38th Street, Fourth Avenue and 60th Street.

35. Plate 34: Bounded by Fourth Avenue, 38th Street, Ninth Avenue, 49th Street, and 60th Street.

36. Plate 35: Part of Section 3.

37. Plate 36: Prospect Park Bounded by Institute Park Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Caton Avenue, , Seeley Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Terrace Place, Greenwood Cemetery Gavesend Avenue, 20th Street and Prospect Park West.

38. Plate 37: Part of Section 12.

39. Plate 38: Part of Sections 6, 11, 12 & 13.

40. Plate 39: Part of Section 13.

41. Plate 40: Part of Section 13.

42. Plate 41: Bounded by Linwood St., Cozine Ave., Shepherd Ave., Vienna Ave., Berriman St., Hegeman Ave., Milford St., Glenmore Ave., Ruby St., Belmont Ave., Drew Ave., Hegeman Ave., Saphire St., Vienna Ave., Amber St., Stanley Ave., Emerald St., Cozine Av

43. Plate 42: Part of Sections 12,13 & 14.

44. Plate 43: Part of Sections 13 & 14.

45. Plate 1: Part of Section 18.

46. Plate 2: Part of Section 18.

47. Plate 3: Part of Sections 3, 16 & 17.

48. Plate 4: Part of Sections 3 & 17.

49. Plate 5: Part of Sections 3, 17, 18 & 19.

50. Plate 6: Part of Sections 3, 17, 18 & 19.

51. Plate 7: Part of Sections 16 & 17.

52. Plate 8: Bounded by 58th Street, 21st Avenue, 72nd Street. and 14th Avenue.

53. Plate 9: Part of Section 19.

54. Plate 10: Part of Sections 18 & 19.

55. Plate 11: Bounded by 86th Street, 20th Avenue, Gravesend Bay Warehouse Avenue, 15th Street, Sharp Avenue, Bay 8th Street, , 14th Avenue, Benson Avenue & Waters Avenue.

56. Plate 12: Part of Sections 17, 19 & 20.

57. Plate 13: Bounded by 72nd Street, 22nd Avenue, W. 11th Street, Avenue P, W. 7th Street, Avenue Q, W. 5th Street, Avenue R, W. 3rd St., Lloyd Court, Van Sicklen Street, Avenue D, Gravesend Avenue, , W. 6th Street, Avenue V, 86th Street and 21st A

58. Plate 14: Part of Sections 19 & 21.

59. Plate 15: Bounded by 86th Street, W. 9th Street, Canal Avenue, Warehouse Avenue, 27th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, Bay 44th Street & Avenue V

60. Plate 16: Part of Section 16.

61. Plate 17: Bounded by Malbone Street, Kingston Avenue, Winthrop Street, Flatbush Avenue, Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park Ocean Avenue.

62. Plate 18: Bounded by Winthrop Street, Kings County Buildings E. 39th Street, Lenox Road, E. 40th Street, Snyder Avenue, Cemetery of the Holy Cross Canarsie Avenue, Tilden Avenue, Regent Place, Ocean Avenue, Parkside Avenue & Flatbush Avenue.

63. Plate 19: Part of Section 16.

64. Plate 20: Part of Sections 15 & 16.

65. Plate 21: Part of Sections 16 & 20.

66. Plate 22: Bounded by Vanderveer Park Farragut Road, Paerdegat Avenue, E. 42nd Street, Avenue J. and Ocean Avenue.

67. Plate 23:Bounded by Avenue I., Ocean Avenue, Cedar Avenue, Bay Avenue, Elm Avenue, Coney Island Avenue, Avenue M. and Gravesend Avenue.

68. Plate 24: Part of Section 20.

69. Plate 25: Bounded by Avenue Q., Ocean Avenue, Avenue U. and Gravesend Avenue.

70. Plate 26: Part of Section 21.

71. Plate 27: Part of Sections 21 & 22.

72. Plate 28: Part of Section 21.

73. Plate 19: Part of Section 21 - Coney Island.

74. Plate 30: Part of Sections 21 & 22.

75. Plate 31: Bounded by Avenue V., Knapp Street, Avenue W., E. 30th Street, Avenue X., Gerristen Avenue, Avenue W., Knapp Street, Avenue V., Bragg Street, Sheepstead Bay Emmons Avenue, Ocean Avenue and Neck Road.

76. Plate 32: Part of Sections 20, 22, 23 & 25.

77. Plate 33: Bounded by Avenue J., E. 56th Street, Fillmore Avenue, Kimball Street, Avenue R., E. 35th Street, Avenue Q., E. 31st Street, Avenue P. and Ocean Avenue.

78. Plate 34: Bounded by Ralph Avenue, E. 98th Street, Winthrop Avenue, E. 96th Street, Clarkson Avenue, E. 95th Street, Hunterfly Road, Broadway Avenue, Ralph Avenue, Clarkson Road, Canarsie Avenue, E. 49th Street, Snyder Avenue, E. 39th Street, Clarkson A

79. Atlas of the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Volume Two: from actual surveys and official plans by George W. and Walter S. Bromley.

80. Street Index. Albany Avenue - 101st Street. Vol. 2.

81. Index Vol. 2.

82. Street Index: Lee Avenue?-York Street.

83. Street Index. Aberdeen Street - Lawton Street.

84. Atlas of the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Volume One: from actual surveys and official plans by George W. and Walter S. Bromley.