Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY – 1953 A few of the thousands of pleasure boats and fishing craft concentrated at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, one of the largest seaports on the Atlantic coast. This photo was taken circa 1953 from the eastern end of Voorhies Ave near the Brooklyn Yacht Club. The view is across Shell Bank Creek and Gerritsen Beach is in the background. Photograph by Cecil Clovelly.