Utica Avenue Improvements – 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 improvements in Brooklyn, including the “elimination of a mile-long traffic hazard on Utica Avenue between the trolley track areas.”

A trolley line ran along a 4.2-mile stretch of Utica Avenue between Fulton Street and Avenue N, making it difficult to determine the stretch of Utica Avenue affected by this project.

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


Utica Ave.
Brooklyn, NY Kings County

Coordinates: 40.667111, -73.93121

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