Then & Now: Ingersoll Houses Turns 68 Today

Fri, Feb 24th, 2012

68 years ago today, the Ingersoll Houses opened its doors in Fort Greene. The historic photo above, taken only 8 months after the opening in 1944, shows the new housing across the street from small commercial shops and the Myrtle Ave El. Today, lush trees have replaced the small saplings in front of Ingersoll and across the street sits the Andrea building, which houses the new Red Apple supermarket and CVS.