Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Encyclopedia : C : CR : CRO : Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn in New York City. This neighborhood extends through much of Brooklyn Community District Boards 8 and 9. The main thoroughfare through this neighborhood is Eastern Parkway, which divides the north and south sides of this neighborhood. Crown Heights is roughly bounded by Bedford Avenue (west), Atlantic Avenue (north) and Ralph Avenue (east), Clarkson Ave (south). The neighborhoods that border Crown Heights are: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (to the west); Prospect Lefferts Gardens (to the southwest), Wingate and Rugby (to the South), Brownsville (to the east); Bedford-Stuyvesant(to the north).
Demographics
The worldwide headquarters of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic community, at 770 Eastern Parkway, is located in Crown Heights.
A large African-American (mostly West Indian) population coexists with Hasidic Jews in Crown Heights. In recent years, a considerable amount of Latin American and Russian immigrants have also moved into the neighborhood. Violence has erupted in this neighborhood on more than one occasion, including during the New York City blackout of 1977. However, the best-known series of events -- the Crown Heights Riot -- occurred in 1991.
Crown Heights is also known for its annual West Indian Carnival. Its main event is the West Indian Day Parade, which takes place on Labor Day. Approximately 2 million people line up along Eastern Parkway to view this parade.
The Crown Heights Riot
Structural landmarks
- 770 Eastern Parkway
- Jewish Children's Museum
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Brooklyn Public Library (Eastern Parkway branch)
- World's First Children's Library
- Medgar Evers College
See also
External links
| Neighborhoods in the New York City Borough of Brooklyn
| |
| --> --> --> | Barren Island · Bath Beach · Bay Ridge · Bedford · Bedford-Stuyvesant · Bensonhurst · Boerum Hill · Borough Park · Brighton Beach · Brooklyn Heights · Brownsville · Bushwick · Canarsie · Carroll Gardens · City Line · Clinton Hill · Cobble Hill · Coney Island · Crown Heights · Ditmas Park · Downtown · DUMBO · Dyker Heights · East Flatbush · East New York · Fiske Terrace · Flatbush · Flatlands · Fort Greene · Fort Hamilton · Gerritsen Beach · Gowanus · Gravesend · Greenpoint · Homecrest · Kensington · Manhattan Beach · Marine Park · Midwood · Mill Basin · Navy Yard · New Lots · New Utrecht · Ocean Hill · Park Slope · Prospect Heights · Prospect Park South · Red Hook · Sheepshead Bay · Starret City · Sunset Park · Williamsburg · Windsor Terrace |
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.