Forgotten NY Walks Park Slope's Fifth Avenue

Kevin from Forgotten NY takes his first walk down Fifth Avenue and reflects on the thoroughfare’s history. We hadn’t realized that there had been a Fifth Avenue El train, which is pictured here behind the Triangle Building in a photograph from 1914. The El, originally called the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, opened in 1889 and ran until 1940 when it was put out of business by the 4th Avenue Subway ultimately put it out of business. More on that story and other Fifth Avenue observations on the link.
Five Alive: Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue [Forgotten NY]