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Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York: including Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Green Point & Bushwick ... exhibiting the farm lines & names of original owners

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of New York City and State

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Title
Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York: including Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Green Point & Bushwick ... exhibiting the farm lines & names of original owners
Names
J.H. Colton & Co. (Creator)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Brooklyn

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1855
Place: New York
Publisher: J.H. Colton & Co.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 11-416
Topics
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Real property -- New York (State) -- New York
Landowners -- New York (State) -- New York
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Piers -- New York (State) -- New York
Wetlands -- New York (State) -- New York
Rivers -- New York (State) -- New York
Fills (Earthwork) -- New York (State) -- New York
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: constructed from the official maps of the commissioners and other authentic sources.
Content: Cadastral map. Covers Brooklyn, New York (N.Y.) south to 60th Street and east to Greenwood Cemetery and Cemetery of the Evergreens; also Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) south of 12th Street. Map shows existing and proposed streets, property lines, buildings and owners' names. Also shows streams and wetlands.
Content: Shows depths by soundings.
Content: Oriented with north to the bottom of sheet.
Content: Scale [1:9,600] 800 ft. pr. in. (W 74°03ʹ--W 73°54ʹ/N 40°45ʹ--N 40°38ʹ).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 4 sheets : col. ; 79 x 117 cm., each sheet 48 x 66 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 58758756
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19337551
Barcode: 33433087455840
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dc4b3680-3775-013b-1425-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1855: Issued
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4807195-4775-489c-e040-e00a18064926

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4807195-4775-489c-e040-e00a18064926

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1855). Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4807195-4775-489c-e040-e00a18064926

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4807195-4775-489c-e040-e00a18064926 | title= (cartographic) Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York, (1855) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 26, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York