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In this excerpt from the Brooklyn Historical Society's audio tour, host Nelson George and historian Francis Morrone discuss the communities and architecture of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn — including interviews with longtime neighborhood residents.
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The intersection of Tillary Street and Park Avenue, 1941. The surrounding land had been cleared for the construction of the Fort Greene Houses (today the NYCHA Ingersoll Houses), completed in 1944. Soon after, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway would be routed along Park Avenue to connect Downtown Brooklyn’s East River Bridge Crossings with Williamsburg and points north. The church visible in the background is the Church of St. Michael and St. Edward at 108 St. Edwards Street, near Myrtle Avenue.
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Myrtle Avenue and the Myrtle Ave El, looking east from Navy Street, 1941. Opened in 1888, El service operated along Myrtle Avenue until 1969. Out of frame is the entrance to the Navy Street Station. At left, lots have been cleared for the construction of the Fort Greene Houses, later renamed the Ingersoll Houses after Brooklyn Borough President Raymond Ingersoll.
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The Church of St. Michael and St. Edward was built between 1891-1906 at what was then the intersection of Canton and Division Streets (later St. Edwards Street and Leo Place). The Catholic church served a predominantly Irish and working-class congregation of local residents employed at the neighborhood’s factories, waterfront, and, during wartime, Navy Yard. In 2010, the diocese of Brooklyn closed the church, following years of declining attendance.
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Church of St. Michael and St. Edward
Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Portland Avenue (North) Myrtle Avenue (El, thereon), west from North Portland Avenue to Leo Place, showing extensive demolition for the erection of Fort Greene Houses. The view is from Fort Greene Park. In the background is St. Edwards Roman Catholic Church. View 2 is across the same area, from Ashland Place. View 3 is south from North Portland and Park Avenues toward Myrtle Avenue. P. L. Sperr April 11, 1941
Church of St. Michael and St. Edward
Church of St. Michael and St. Edward
St. Michael's-St. Edward's R. C. Church Facade and tower of church with iron fence along front, tree in right foreground, and small residential and large commercial (?) building on far left. Caption: "St. Michael-St. Edward's R. C. Church, Myrtle Avenue, St. Edward's Street and Leo Place. Founded as St. Edward's in 1891 by the late Rev. James F. Mealia, who was pastor until 1941. St. Edward's and St. Michael's then combined to serve the residents of the new Fort Greene Housing Project ..."
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Halloween shenanigans In bare room with pipes overhead, three customed adults stand before racially mixed group of fifteen partially customed children (nine sitting on floor, six standing). Caption: "Halloween shenanigans -- Far from terror-stricken by the traditional Halloween figures, children at the Fort Green Play School party seem happily intrigued by the ghost, the witch and pumpkin-holding gypsy, who were at hand to entertain. The festivities took place yesterday at the school, 51 Monument Walk."
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Church of Saint Michael and Saint Edward
Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place 1&2. St. Edwards Street, north from Auburn Place, showing the City Park branch of the Brooklyn Public Library and Public School No. 67. A new addition to the school is being built; in the background is the U. S. Navy Yard. P. L. Sperr September 6, 1939 NO REPRODUCTIONS Views 11,2 3 St. Edwards St. north from Myrtle Ave. April 11, 1941 P.L. Sperr Neg. A-188 (St. Edward Roman Catholic Church towers and facade featured.)
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