Myrtle Avenue

Myrtle Avenue is in East Camden and is actually a continuation of Fremont Avenue, beginning at South 38th Street and continuing east to the city limits at Crescent Boulevard, then carrying on into Merchantville, where it ends on Maple Avenue, itself an extension of Camden’s Federal Street. Originally part of Stockton Township, which split into the Borough of Merchantville and the Town of Stockton, Myrtle Avenue appears in the Merchantville section of the 1883 Camden City Directory, then reappears in Camden City Directories beginning in 1896.

Note: Harry LaRusso owned 3805 Myrtle Avenue from the 1970s until he sold it in 1983. He was a Republican committeeman for a number of years and owned the Italian Specialty Shop at 2307 Federal Street, where he and his wife lived above the store.