Need help on 1940s and 1950s Brooklyn (New York, Bedford: house, neighborhoods)

[psbaseballfan27]

Hi all. I have started working on a masters thesis at Queens College. Part of my research requires me to find demographics of different Brooklyn neighborhoods. (Specifically Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville and Flatbush.) I would love recommendation on sources, informations, pictures, experiences within those neighborhoods or any neighborhoods in Brooklyn. If anyone has specific demographic statistics I would very much appreciate those. The timeframe I am examining is between 1940-1960. Any help is greatply appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Warmest Regards,
Patrick

[sognatrice]

You can go to the Municipal Archives, as they took pictures of every house in NYC for tax purposes in the 1940s.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by psbaseballfan27

Hi all. I have started working on a masters thesis at Queens College. Part of my research requires me to find demographics of different Brooklyn neighborhoods. (Specifically Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville and Flatbush.) I would love recommendation on sources, informations, pictures, experiences within those neighborhoods or any neighborhoods in Brooklyn. If anyone has specific demographic statistics I would very much appreciate those. The timeframe I am examining is between 1940-1960. Any help is greatply appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Warmest Regards,
Patrick

Welcome to 1940s New York: NYC neighborhood profiles from 1943, based on the 1940 Census

I wish I could have asked the Internet for help on my homework when I was in college. It would have been a big help.

[psbaseballfan27]

Originally Posted by sognatrice

You can go to the Municipal Archives, as they took pictures of every house in NYC for tax purposes in the 1940s.

Thank you very much. I did not realize this fact. I'll make a trip over there at some point over the summer.

[psbaseballfan27]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

Welcome to 1940s New York: NYC neighborhood profiles from 1943, based on the 1940 Census

I wish I could have asked the Internet for help on my homework when I was in college. It would have been a big help.

I wish they had this website for the 1950s as well This websited solved a lot of questions I had about the 1940s demographics.

[funcrusher3000]

Here's a very good one for pictures
Brooklyn Visual Heritage