New York, NY on South of Union Square

Aerial photograph. Portion of Gowanus Canal showing Hamilton Avenue beneath elevated expressway; elevated subway line near station at Smith and Ninth Street in background; Brooklyn skyline and water tower beyond elevated subway line; parked truck and automobiles near warehouse in right foreground. Label: "Hamilton Avenue Bridge -- A movable bascule bridge carrying Hamilton Avenue over the Gowanus Canal and placed under the Gowanus Parkway Bridge . . . ."

From

Brooklyn Public Library

In this image you can see four structures above the Canal: in the foreground, the Hamilton Avenue Bridge; the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway; the 9th Street Bridge; and the Culver Viaduct, which carries the F and G trains. Built in 1927, the Viaduct stands 90 feet above the canal to avoid the need for tunneling under the canal, the 4th Avenue line, and the bedrock of Park Slope heading east. The Smith-9th Streets station, pictured far left, is the highest subway station in the world at 87.5 feet above the canal.

Brooklyn Collection