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Myrtle Avenue & Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn

12 historical photos taken here between 1940 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Carlton Avenue - Myrtle Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue, 1941

Photo 9 of 12 at Myrtle Avenue & Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Carlton Avenue

1941

Myrtle Avenue, north side, west from Carlton Avenue, showing the vast area where Fort Greene Houses, a low-rent government housing center, will be erected. In the center background is the New Cumberland Hospital. On the left (view 2) is St. Edwards Roman Catholic Church. P. L. Sperr April 22, 1941 Views 1,2,3

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