Hipsterless Brooklyn: Vintage Photos From a Vanished World

Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizabethRonk.

View of the Manhattan Bridge, connecting Brooklyn with that island across the East River, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesFrom photographer’s notes: “Trolleys & tracks at corner of Flushing Ave., Graham & Broadway.”Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesBrooklyn, New York, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCorner of Middagh and Hicks, Brooklyn Heights, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesJumping rope on Siegel Street near Humboldt, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCity veterans housing project, Canarsie, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesLaundry out to dry, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesBrooklyn street scene, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesUnidentified Brooklynite, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesTaking the sun on a Brooklyn rooftop, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesListening to a Dodgers-Giants ballgame on the radio, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesEbbets Field, 55 Sullivan Place, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesDodgers ballgame, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesDodgers fans, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesJack Kaufman outside his barber shop on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn in 1946, holding a signed baseball that once beaned future Hall of Famer Joe Medwick.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSubway entrance, Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesBrooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesGrand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesProspect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesGowanus Canal, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesOn the waterfront, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesMoore Street near Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSumner Avenue (now Marcus Garvey Boulevard) near Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1946.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

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