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Vol 138 p125 Ridgewood Times Feb 23, 1961

"The Myrtle Avenue Elevated opened for business April 10, 1888 assembled as the proud product of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company. It started at Fult Ferry and ran only to Broadway."

"In 1900 the steam trains were replaced by electrification."

Vol 1,p2 Eagle July 27, 1879

"The first omnibus was the Fair Play it ran on Myrtle Ave and was driven by a colored man." (around 1843)

"Omnibuses were started by Johnson and Husted and until the introduction of horse cars did a good and thriving business carrying passengers for sixpence."

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Vol 1 page 3 Eagle Aug 10,1879

"Myrtle Avenue was opened about 1835, and at once became a great thoroughfare."

Vol 1 page 4 Eagle Aug 17, 1879

"From Division Street to Oxford Street and along Myrtle Ave. for many years squatters sovereignty reigned supreme. Hovels and huts of all kinds and descriptions could be seen on every side. Goats and pigs were a permanent feature. A man need not be very old to remember how that portion of Myrtle Ave looked in those days. It was of the independent order of architecture."

Vol 1 page 5 Eagle Aug 24, 1879

(1845) - "From Cumberland to Clenton Ave were vacant lots interspersed with a few straggling houses on Myrtle and Carton Avenues. The