MELROSE

THE BOUNDARIES OF MELROSE ARE, roughly, E. 163rd Street on the north, Prospect Avenue on the east, E. 149th Street on the south, and Park Avenue on the west. Melrose’s modern history begins in the late nineteenth century, when it was home to a substantial German community that was anchored, in part, by the Haffen Brewing Company. In fact, beer gardens were quite popular then throughout the area. Melrose also became more urban during this period because of the construction of the elevated Third Avenue line, which was followed by the subway line in 1904. After World War II, it