Howard Avenue Widening – Brooklyn NY

City:
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1941

Description

The New York Times reported in 1941 that the WPA was to be involved with several street improvement projects in Brooklyn, including “the widening of Howard Avenue in Brownsville.”

Source notes

"To Eliminate Bridge Bottleneck"; The New York Times, Aug. 17, 1941.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 13, 2014.

Location Info

Howard Ave.
Brooklyn, NY Kings County

Coordinates: 40.666953, -73.91973

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