1898 Map of Brooklyn

About this map

Winfield Junction and the dense rail corridors of the Long Island Railroad define the urban landscape of this late-Victorian era survey. The map details a transition from the compact grids of Brooklyn and Queens into the expansive salt marshes and tidal flats of Jamaica Bay. Numerous burial grounds, including the prominent Greenwood Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, and Lutheran Cemetery, occupy significant acreage, reflecting the rural cemetery movement's influence on the city's perimeter. Along the southern coast, the barrier islands and inlets are meticulously charted, from Barren Island to the growing resort areas at Brighton Beach and Rockaway Beach. This documentation captures the area's geography just as the consolidation of the Five Boroughs was beginning, showing established neighborhoods like Flatbush and Jamaica alongside undeveloped wetland features like Canarsie Pol and Jo Co's Marsh.