Photos of 413 Myrtle Avenue, between Vanderbilt and Clinton, from 2015 and 1940.

This 1940 photo of 413 Myrtle Avenue, the longtime home of Yummy Yummy Chinese, shows that the space also housed a restaurant 75 years ago.  Next door to the restaurant was both a drug store and the Delta Brothers Butcher shop, which now houses Splitty bar.

A new restaurant will be opening this summer in the ground floor space at 413 Myrtle Avenue.  The new sit-down eatery will serve a menu that features cuisine from the Oaxaca region of Mexico.  The name of the new restaurant has not yet been announced, but the owner says the targeted opening date will be in later summer 2015.

Yummy Yummy Chinese Restaurant closed last month, after serving the neighborhood for several decades.  Fortunately, if you are craving classic take-out Chinese food, you can still visit many other options nearby, including: Hardee’s, Chung Chun Kitchen or Kum Kau Restaurant.  Click here to view a list of all Chinese restaurants on Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

Full 1940’s tax photo of 413 Myrtle Avenue.

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