An exhaustive survey of Brooklyn Heights' Montague Street in 1976, as posted on one of our fave sites, the Brooklyn Heights Blog, cites a hearty list of improvements to make the area less of the dumping zone for discount stores and overloaded pedestrian traffic. Among the proposals: A grassy promenade along the avenue and an underground parking deck to relieve traffic congestion. Nope, neither ever happened. At that time, rentals commanded a staggering 76% of the 
housing market, quite a diff. in the pre-coop era that was to come within a decade.Personally, compared to today's relative lack of variety (read: no bars or creative restaurants—and brand name chains—I rather prefer the slightly seedy feel of the nabe then. Perhaps if I was walking the street in the era, I'd feel differently...
Pictured at the top is a tiny view of Montague from Hicks to Montague Terrace, then two views of Key Food. Below is today's Key.
And here, a morning view along Montague above Henry Street.
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