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IMAGE DATE1941
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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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