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# Throwback Thursday: Fort Greene & Clinton Hill In the 1920s & 40s
- URL: https://bklyner.com/throwback-thursday-fort-greene-clinton-hill-in-the-1920s-40s-fortgreene/
- Published: 2016-08-18T20:29:32.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-18T20:30:50.000Z
- Author: Elizabeth Elizalde
- Tags: fort greene, history, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Ashland Place, Classon Avenue, dekalb avenue, Fort Greene Place, fulton street, historial photos, OldNYC, Washington Avenue, #wp

![Myrtle and North Portland Avenues, 1941](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/north-potland.jpg)

Myrtle and North Portland Avenues, 1941

Want to know how Fort Greene and Clinton Hill looked in the 1920s and 40s? Browse through

the [OldNYC map](https://www.oldnyc.org/?ref=bklyner.com), a project from The New York Public Library, to catch a glimpse of the past while never leaving your street corner. Developer Dan Vanderkam plotted each image from 

[](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/photographic-views-of-new-york-city-1870s-1970s-from-the-collections-of-the-ne-2?ref=bklyner.com#/?tab=about)[Photographic Views of New York City 1870s–1970s](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/photographic-views-of-new-york-city-1870s-1970s-from-the-collections-of-the-ne-2?ref=bklyner.com#/?tab=about),

on an interactive map, depicting more than 80,000 original photographs.

The library’s database has been around since the 70s — transferred to microfiche In 1981 and digitized in 2015 — used by historic preservationists, landmark designators, filmmakers, genealogists, artists and writers in search of inspiration.

Similar to Google Maps, people can see the entire city then zoom in on a borough, neighborhood, and block. We picked our favorite five old neighborhood photos and compared them to how they look now. If you have historical photos you’d like to share, submit them to [editor@bklyner.com](mailto:editor@bklyner.com).

**Then:**

![Fort Greene Place and Fulton Street, 1941. ](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fortgreene_place_1941.jpg)

Fort Greene Place and Fulton Street, 1941.

**Now:**

![Fort Greene Place and Fulton Street, 2016 ](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fort-greene-place_2016-702x401.png)

Fort Greene Place and Fulton Street, 2016

**Then:**

![Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue, showing the Hotel Granda, 1941.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bam1941.jpg)

Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue, showing the Hotel Granda, 1941.

**Now:**

![Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue, showing the BAM Theatre, 2016 (Photo: Google) ](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bam_2016-702x527.jpg)

Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue, showing the BAM Theatre, 2016 (Photo: [Google](https://www.google.com/maps/place/BAM+Peter+Jay+Sharp+Building/@40.68687,-73.977921,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1shttp:%2F%2Fmichaelminn.net%2Fnewyork%2Ftheatres%2Fconcert%5Fhalls%2Fbrooklyn%5Facademy%5Fof%5Fmusic%2F2007-11-09%5F16-06-33%5Fcorrected.jpg!2e7!3e27!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fproxy%2FIys1ABw8c479R38tJjZFjBkCDp7uuUcoue8VfCDW9lACj-3FAJpuVGvy%5F2zdl21QZWGmHHl72RkJM911%5FiaM%5F8Fkat5075laUJ8XkGTsgeqZF7Tg2WJO6-vpbWUzs9wUk24udoA6FSRtGwEpaSuNS125cr-0HxI%3Dw203-h152!7i3264!8i2448!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x93b2b536d094bf28!8m2!3d40.6866794!4d-73.9775207!6m1!1e1?ref=bklyner.com))

**Then:**

![Washington and DeKalb Avenues, 1942](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dekalb-ave.jpg)

Washington and DeKalb Avenues, 1942

And some buildings never change.

**Now:**

![Washington and DeKalb Avenues, 2016 (Photo: Google)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/washington_dekalb-702x309.png)

Washington and DeKalb Avenues, 2016 (Photo: Google)

**Then:**

![Classon and Willoughby Avenues, 1929. ](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/classon-ave.jpg)

Classon and Willoughby Avenues, 1929.

**Now:**

![Classon and Willoughby Avenues, 2016. (Photo: Google) ](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/classon-ave-702x352.png)

Classon and Willoughby Avenues, 2016\. (Photo: [Google](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6923958,-73.960978,3a,75y,45.48h,91.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8bQyqwHzTAADIRIwzjM6Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?ref=bklyner.com))