Washington Avenue, east one block to Classon Avenue, then east one more block to Franklin Avenue. The moving border of Prospect Heights unsettles Crown Heights residents, as realtors and landlords look to capitalize on development, and Brooklyn politicians respond.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Dispatches from Crown Heights the day after the West Indian Day Parade, where three people were fatally shot and two New York City police officers were wounded.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
In an attempt to get up to speed on her new position as chancellor of city schools, Cathleen Black visited Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, Brooklyn yesterday, according to The New York Times. Black, accompanied [...]
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A Crown Heights Baptist church has launched a new campaign to fight HIV. The First Baptist Church now sells fans that feature pictures of the wives of the pastors with the message “First Ladies Care,” [...]
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
One advocacy group is promoting gun ownership among bodega workers but arab workers are divided over its benefits, reports New America Media. With 15 murders in the last 20 months in Crown Heights, Mohammed Koko [...]
Friday, November 12, 2010
By Becky Bratu This spring, Mike Kunitzky opened LaunchPad in a building he bought three years ago on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights. An amateur photographer and self-professed art aficionado, Kunitzky describes LaunchPad on its [...]
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
NYPD will launch a probe into memos at the 77th precinct in northern Crown Heights, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. The decision was made after an officer posted at least two notices that listed a required [...]
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Throughout most of Brooklyn, the housing market has rebounded from the slump that followed the economic collapse of 2008. While the number of new properties being sold in America is currently the lowest in recorded [...]
Thursday, October 28, 2010
By Alexandra Alper The hit reality TV series, “Pawn Stars,” opens with images of an antique watch, a sword, and a dramatic shot of three men in black. The show, which premiered last year on [...]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
By Alex Alper Last month, four men allegedly surrounded an Israeli man who was visiting Crown Heights for the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and punched him in the face. The man, 36, knocked [...]
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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