Crown Heights
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden and lovely architecture give charm to Crown Heights but vacant, run-down buildings hint at the area’s turbulent history. In 1991, high poverty rates and poor race relations between large Caribbean and Lubavitch Hasidic Jewish communities led to crippling riots. After extensive outreach programs, Caribbean immigrants now coexist with the minority Jewish population, and young professionals and artists are moving into the neighborhood. Tree-lined streets, inexpensive brownstone and limestone town houses and good public schools are attracting young families, and festivals, such as the West Indian Carnival, bring the community together. Although development in the area has slowed, gentrification from Prospect Heights is strengthening commercial areas. Unlike nearby neighborhoods, Crown Heights is changing slowly, becoming the comfortable, safe neighborhood that its residents desire.
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Schools
PS 289 George V Brower (PK-5)PS 138 Brooklyn (PK-8)
W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School (9-12)
Middle College High School at Medgar Evers College (9-12)
PS 161 the Crown (K-8)
M S 61 Gladstone H. Atwell (6-8)
PS 243 Weeksville (PK-5)
PS 335 Granville T Woods (PK-5)
Ms 394 (PK-8)
M S 390 Maggie L. Walker (6-8)
PS 191 Paul Robeson (PK-5)
PS 167 the Parkway (PK-5)
PS 221 Tossaint L'ouverture (PK-5)
PS 178 St.Clair Mckelway (K-6)
PS 12 (PK-8)
is 232 the Winthrop (6-8)
PS 91 the Albany Ave. School (K-SE)
Middle School for the Arts (6)
the School for Human Rights (6-12)
PS 397 Foster-laurie (K-5)
PS 398 Walter Weaver (PK-5)
PS 289 George V Brower (PK-5)
PS 138 Brooklyn (PK-8)
W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School (9-12)
Middle College High School at Medgar Evers College (9-12)
PS 161 the Crown (K-8)
M S 61 Gladstone H. Atwell (6-8)
PS 243 Weeksville (PK-5)
PS 335 Granville T Woods (PK-5)
Ms 394 (PK-8)
M S 390 Maggie L. Walker (6-8)
PS 191 Paul Robeson (PK-5)
PS 167 the Parkway (PK-5)
PS 221 Tossaint L'ouverture (PK-5)
PS 178 St.Clair Mckelway (K-6)
PS 12 (PK-8)
is 232 the Winthrop (6-8)
PS 91 the Albany Ave. School (K-SE)
Middle School for the Arts (6)
the School for Human Rights (6-12)
PS 397 Foster-laurie (K-5)
PS 398 Walter Weaver (PK-5)
