History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue du Craetveld

In Dutch: Kraatveldstraat

Rue du Craetveld, in Brussels, has 64 buildings on the Atlas map, for 89 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 61% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 200939
since 201025

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations
Named in: 1922

Lieu-dit appelé 'craetbosch', constitué d'une colline boisée bordée de prairies. ex. Steenstraat/rue des Pierres (doublon) (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives