Crown Heights
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News in Crown Heights
Gothamist
September 30No kids and a lot of bass: Brooklyn Children's Museum draws flak for loud roof parties
The Crown Heights museum has brought in a lot of money by renting out its popular rooftop. That’s meant fewer summer days when it’s open to kids – and a lot of frustrated neighbors. [ more › ]
Community Groups & Organizations
Brooklyn Paper
September 30Crown Heights landlord will re-register rent stabilized units in settlement with Attorney General
A Crown Heights landlord accused of lying about rent-stabilized apartments will re-register his units and offer all tenants rent-stabilized leases as part of a settlement with Attorney General Letitia James. James’ office sued John Anderson in June, accusing him of failing to…
Real Estate & Development
Brooklyn Paper
September 17School bus smashes into Crown Heights apartment building, displacing 26 people
A school bus without students on board crashed through the front of a Crown Heights building on Thursday morning. The driver, a 65-year-old man, was headed westbound on Eastern Parkway at about 7:21 a.m. when he jumped the curb and smashed into the front of 869 Eastern Parkway, a…
Public Safety
Brooklyn Paper
September 10Brooklyn man gets life without parole for killing sneaker seller in $25,000 deal
A Crown Heights man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a Georgia man during a high-end sneaker transaction in Red Hook, then setting his body and rental car on fire and lying to investigators about what happened. According to District Attorney Eric Gonzalez,…
Public Safety
Gothamist
September 8Man charged with murder in fatal Crown Heights park stabbing
Deandre Creary pleaded not guilty in the killing of 30-year-old Shakeema Davis and was ordered to be held without bail. [ more › ]
Public Safety
Brooklyn Paper
September 7From dawn to dusk: J’Ouvert kicks off West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn
The streets were alive with music, thanks to the annual J’Ouvert and West Indian-American Day Parade in Crown Heights Sept. 7. Kicking off before dawn, the celebrations brought color, music and dance to Brooklyn on Labor Day Monday. Thousands assembled outside Grand Army Plaza…
EventsIn and around Crown Heights
See & do
+3 more on the mapEat, drink & stay
- Bluestone Bistro
- Dee & Ray's Bar & Grill
- Empire Hotel Development, Inc
- Bonefish Grill
- Hyatt Place Poughkeepsie / Hudson Valley
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Crown Heights by the numbers
- Area
- 0.84 sq mi (2.19 km²)
- Median age
- 51.7
- Households
- 1,030
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $109,848
- Median house value
- $348,400