History of a street · 1190 Forest

Avenue Albert

In Dutch: Albertlaan

Avenue Albert, in Forest, has 225 buildings on the Atlas map, for 265 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 32% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191373
1914 – 194490
1945 – 196948
1970 – 198911
1990 – 20091
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 50: 1895. 77 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Belgian state
Named in: 1904

En référence au roi Albert Ier (1875-1934), surnommé Roi Vainqueur ou Roi Soldat. La rue s'appelait antérieurement Avenue Négrié, du nom d'un échevin catholique local. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.