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This is one of several mosaics at the Sheepshead Bay station that illustrate the community's maritime heritage. The hat and suspenders evoke the Great Depression; perhaps this fellow was fishing for his supper. Contemporary anglers still patronize the bait-and-tackle shop farther along the waterfront, but nowadays many do their fishing from charter boats rather than terra firma.
"Postcards from Sheepshead Bay"
DeBorah Goletz, 2007
Sheepshead Bay station, Brooklyn
www.NYCSubway.org
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