1950's - 1980's

Aerial view of the Junction, ca. 1954. Germania Place is on the lower left (with the millinery shop on the corner), Flatbush Avenue runs diagonally from left to right, and Nostrand Avenue runs from the upper right to the bottom center of the image. (BRIAN MERLIS Collection/oldNYCphotos.com)

Close-up view of the Junction, looking north. Ca. 1950’s. (BRIAN MERLIS Collection/oldNYCphotos.com)

Demonstration at the Woolworth Store on Flatbush Avenue, looking north from Hillel Place. 1960.

(BRIAN MERLIS Collection/oldNYCphotos.com)

Students protesting on campus, at Campus Road Gate near Hillel Place, ca. 1960.

(BRIAN MERLIS Collection/oldNYCphotos.com)

1967 scene at the Junction. Derby Liquors, the Jentz Luncheonette, and the U.S. Army Recruiting Station no longer hold down this corner of the Junction, having been replaced by a Porta Bella menswear store on the Nostrand side, and by Rite Aid, Foot Locker, and Subway on Flatbush.

(BRIAN MERLIS Collection/oldNYCphotos.com)

Junction scene ca. 1980. The Junction Bar and Shanahan’s Café were popular hangouts on Flatbush Avenue. Both bars had entrances on Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, and the Pizza & Salad shop that today occupies the spot where Shanahan’s stood into the 1980’s still has an entrance on Nostrand. College faculty sometimes relaxed at Shanahan’s, while students were more often found at the Jolly Bull Pub, now replaced by Ovi’s Place.

(BRIAN MERLIS Collection/oldNYCphotos.com)

Students protest on campus, ca. 1980’s.