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Myrtle Avenue & Portland Avenue, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1939 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Elliott Place (North), 1940

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Elliott Place (North)

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Elliott Place (North), 1940

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Elliott Place (North)

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Portland Avenue (North), 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Portland Avenue (North)

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Portland Avenue (North), 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Portland Avenue (North)

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Portland Avenue (North), 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Portland Avenue (North)

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue, 1939–1940

Photo 3 of 8 at Myrtle Avenue & Portland Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Portland Avenue N. - Myrtle Avenue

1939; 1940

North Portland Avenue, north from Myrtle Avenue. Note the two W. P. A. office shanties. P. L. Sperr View 1: October 12, 1940 View 2, 3: September 6, 1939 View 1 is north from a point just above Myrtle Avenue, running across Auburn Place and showing the new Cumberland Hospital on the left. View 3 is north from Auburn Place, it (and view 1) showing looking to east side of the street. note: All the buildings (except the hospital) were later demolished to make way for the proposed Fort Greene Houses.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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