Here's a look back at that bygone era long before Barclays Center took over the area around Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush. These photos from the early 1900s show the Brooklyn neighborhood as a hub of activity, with the subway lines being constructed and the area getting built from the ground up. Click through for a look at the Barclays intersection before Barclays existed, in the early 1900s.
Some of this era of Atlantic Avenue may still be preserved underground, in the sealed off section near Court Street that Bob Diamond has been trying to get into for years. And here's a look at the old Flatbush Avenue Terminal.
