tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377167882011-08-14T07:13:45.277-07:00CROWN HEIGHTS IS BROOKLYN'S HIPPEST, MOST DIVERSE AND MOST ARCHITECTURALLY BEAUTIFUL NABE. THECROWNHEIGHTSER BLOG EXPLORES NEWS, HISTORY, REAL ESTATE AND CULTURE IN CROWN HEIGHTS, BROWNSTONE BROOKLYN'S RISING STAR. If anyone wants to take over this blog - please email me.TheCrownHeightserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600734675540687708noreply@blogger.comBlogger881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-88870797568030531372010-08-06T12:38:00.000-07:002010-08-06T12:43:14.271-07:00

Bicycle Rentals in the Heart of Brooklyn are a Convenient Way to Bike the Borough Brooklyn, NY-- Heart of Brooklyn (HOB) is excited to announce a green new way to visit its cultural campus and Olmsted and Vaux designed Prospect Park: on the seat of one of the bicycles now available to rent at Grand Army Plaza thanks to Bike and Roll NYC’s arrival in Brooklyn! In partnership with Prospect Park

TheCrownHeightserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600734675540687708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-55837534547729902682010-07-24T17:19:00.000-07:002010-07-24T17:30:36.702-07:00

An interesting discussion on Brooklynian about today’s prayer walk event in Crown Heights.

TheCrownHeightserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600734675540687708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-47767227752381615272010-07-02T10:27:00.000-07:002010-07-02T10:29:29.886-07:00

The Crown Heighster is back in business under new management! Please let us know about anything going on in the community so we can get back to telling the tales of our favorite neighborhood. Our first new post in a while is below, check it out. Thank you all!

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By Connor Adams SheetsThe Central Brooklyn CSA is already a huge success only two weeks after beginning to bring fresh, small-farm food to residents of Crown Heights and other sections of Brooklyn with limited access to good produce.The Community-Supported Agriculture group is a means for city-dwellers to eat healthy food that they can feel good about, its organizers say.Based at the Hebron SDA

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I opened my eyes to the sun.Sleeping in after a night out always seems like a good idea, except that I forgot to take out my contacts....The world is blurry, and my head hurts. I pry open my window just a crack, and hear the sounds of a boisterous BBQ on a stoop nearby. I’m in pain from a hangover, but the smell spurs my interest and overrules my comfortable bed. I hit the stereo, turn the volume

TheCrownHeightserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600734675540687708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-22454088010187808972010-04-10T08:51:00.001-07:002010-04-10T08:51:37.251-07:00

Will someone please take over this blog....

TheCrownHeightserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600734675540687708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-43283964246737991482009-12-12T09:50:00.001-08:002009-12-12T09:50:08.789-08:00

TheCrownHeightserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600734675540687708noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-1663728510906695182009-03-29T17:59:00.001-07:002009-03-29T18:04:58.852-07:00

The City Concealed: Weeksville from Thirteen.org on Vimeo.The Hunterfly Road Houses of Weeksville are the discovered remnants of a free African-American enclave of urban trasdespeople and property owners. The community provided safety for fugitive slaves and those later fleeing the Civil War draft riots of lower Manhattan. By the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, Weeksville was a thriving

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 Crown Heights residents angered by armory planSuspect Named in Fatal Shooting of Crown Heights TeenCrown Heights School To Get New Playground

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 The leaves on Eastern ParkwayIt’s been a while since the last post; I have been traveling all over the world.I am back!I have returned!Much has happened since I left, including an election, a grand jury, rents going up, and (what it seems like) crime going down.The media can project and claim that there is some kindoff conflict here. We know, however, that this is one great neighborhood to be

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As it does every year, Brower Park is offering of a series of free City Parks Concerts. In past years, the series has featured past and present stars of hip-hop, reggae, Latin, Caribbean and folks musical styles. On July 9 rap icons Brand Nubian took the stage, and on July 16th, Queens natives and twin sisters Natalie and Nicole Albino, known as Nina Sky, performed (as shown in these images).

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The four-story brick double duplex at 1087 Prospect Place just East of the Kingston Avenue border of the Crown Heights' historic district opened for viewing in September 2007 (see earlier post) and sold in February 2008. The house was originally listed at $849,000, and sold at $798,000, according to information found on Zillow.com. Built in 1901, the house totals 3,600 square feet. A discussion

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I gather that this Co-op should be off the market soon. After the down payment the buyer would be paying about $625 a month plus about $400 in maintenance fees. I think this is a pretty good deal and if you would like to own something in the neighborhood this is a great way to get your foot in the door. I understand that there has been allot of buying and selling in this building. Can anyone

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I"ve always loved Eastern Parkway; I feel that Eastern parkway is still not fully appreciated. Every time I take a stroll down the parkway I always imagine what it looked like back in the day... so down memory lane, here is a photo of the excavation for the IRT on Eastern Parkway circa 1915.

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My friend called me last night and asked me to check out this “cool, new, and hip bar in Crown Heights” I was reluctant at first but when I arrived at the address I was totally shocked. This lot once had abandoned cars and garbage strewn all over it. Seeing it now, the place was unrecognizable. Gone was the broken fence, gone was the glass bear bottles, gone was the overgrown weeds, gone was the

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The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center is offering two free Mediation Skills mini-workshops, July 16th and 18th. Join educators, human service professionals and other community members for a light snack and a savory sample of our customized trainings in conflict resolution, mediation, and more. Founded in 1998, the Mediation Center is a store-front walk-in, facilitation and training center

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Well all is calm in Crown Heights despite of what the media tried to do and create in our funky, cool, and diverse neighborhood. In order for us to continue this blog we are going to need contributors. We therefore give you the opportunity to send us your articles for publication, on the only Crown Heights Blog.

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This Blog Is Closed-Email us if you would like to continue it.

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The four-story brick double duplex at 1087 Prospect Place in Crown Heights' historic district opened for viewing today. Featuring separate entrances, the left leads to a three-bedroom duplex on two upper floors, providing rental income estimated at $2,200. The right entrance leads to an owner's three-bedroom duplex with a large garden and finished basement. The interior is in need of some

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The prices of historic homes in and around Crown Heights' landmark district are drawing snark-ridden commentary from incredulous bloggers across brownstone Brooklyn. As outlined on August 20 on brownstoner.com, 1087 Prospect Place(at bottom middle above), a double duplex on one of the district's most tranquil and secluded blocks, is now on the market at $849,000. Several brownstoner posters claim

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At 803 Eastern Parkway, workers are putting the finishing touches on a fourth floor, making this building the only one of its height on a block lined by three-story, circa late 18th-century and early 19th-century brownstones. To call the extension misplaced and incongruous would be kind. We're still waiting anxiously (fearfully?) to see what will happen to the building's ornate and finely

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Behind the decayed remains of a renovation halted mid-stream, scaffoling goes up, grows old and creaky, then comes down. Workers mill about, clearing months-old trash and debris, then retreat, allowing another generation of weed-choked garbage to accumulate. This tired process has continued for years at the unending project again underway at this apartment building on Kingston Avenue between

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Looking to check out Brower Park? Try Tuesday evening (August 7). At 11 a.m., the 77th Precinct Community Council hosts its 24th annual park party featuring steel bands, Haitian and African dancers, free barbecue, face painting, a jazz band, double-dutch exhibitions and step shows. Local police and elected officials will also attend, giving Crown Heightsers an opportunity to discuss local issues.

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We are currently looking for more contributors to our blog.If you would like to contribute articles such as:- Historical facts of Crown Heights, an article or a picture.- Real estate In Crown Heights- Events in Crown Heights.Please email us at thecrownheightser@yahoo.com

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Ebbets Field from the outfield, 1950sBy B MajorThe year 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the last game the Brooklyn Dodgers played in Ebbets Field, the ballpark so fondly recalled by a generation of Brooklynites. On Sept. 24, 1957, the Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-0. The team subsequently departed Brooklyn for Los Angeles in 1958 and Ebbets Field, built in 1913, was torn down two

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Carrol Street and Brooklyn Ave (Crown Heights Relatorian)(1)Love for the Neighborhood(2)Brooklyn Children’s Museum: ‘Green Promise, Bright Future’(3)Is it Safe?

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The two blocks of President Street (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues) are literally steeped in undocumented history.I wish people from the Neighborhood would enlighten us as to its olden glory.Some time lines to start with:1880's: development1920's changing demographics1960's neighborhoods declinePresent

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Saint Johns and Brooklyn (Realatorian) (1)996 Saint Johns Place Gets Good Brownstoner Press(2)Shooting Backlash Discussion

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Crown Heights' first Caribbean museum was dedicated last month in the name of Carlos Lezama, the "godfather" of the annual West Indian-American Day Parade, now the largest outdoor event in New York City. As outlined in www.hardbeatnews.com, the Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center, established under the auspices of the University of the State of New York, will be located at the

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The strange reconstruction underway at 830 Eastern Parkway continues. Workers are adding a fourth level to this ornate three-story brownstone between Kingston and Albany Avenues, on a block of similar homes from the early 1900's, all three stories high. Looking closer, new floors cut across the existing window frames, indicating the aging but gracefully finished facade and front are candidates

B Majornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-27154256267864505162007-06-17T11:57:00.000-07:002007-06-17T12:02:04.097-07:00

By Phil GuieA year of hard work and trust between police, the Brooklyn District Attorney's office and residents paid off last week, as large quantities of cash, drugs and weapons were seized from drug-dealing gangs in Crown Heights.During the final phase of "Operation Crown Strike," detective investigators from Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes' office executed 10 search warrants and

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Last Sunday's walking tour of Crown Heights, sponsored by the Crown Heights North Association, attracted about 100 people and focused on the neighborhood's architectural and social history. "We covered the buildings, when they were built, and some of the places where notable people lived," said Deborah Young, the Association's chairperson and president. The tour featured the newly designted

B Majornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37716788.post-18061121363538883132007-06-10T17:24:00.000-07:002007-06-12T07:18:18.107-07:00

Full story coming soon.

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A brownstone Brooklyn one bedroom, park view for under $100,000? Yes, it does exist, on Carroll Street in Crown Heights. This 125-unit co-op at 1710 Carroll asks $85,000 with monthly maintenance of $459 for a 600 square-foot one bedroom. As outlined by brownstoner.com, there are considerations - the apartment will be delivered "as is" and the listing does not include interior photos. Some posters

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Bedsty BlogJust south of Bedford-Stuyvesant is the beautiful neighborhood of Crown Heights. The Crown Heights North Association (CHNA), in celebration of becoming the 79th historic district in the city, will hold the inaugural Crown Heights North Walking Tour this Sunday, June 10th. The tour will highlight some of the fine architecture and beautiful blocks that caused the LPC to choose Crown

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The reconstruction underway at 830 Eastern Parkway is sure a curious sight. Workers appear to be adding a fourth level to this ornate three-story brownstone between Kingston and Albany Avenues. Every other home on this block of early 1900's houses is three stories high. Looking closer, steel floor beams cut across the existing window frames. Obviously, the brownstone front will be demolished and

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Can anyone share with us the history of this building?

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In the midst of a $46 million renovation scheduled for completion in Spring 2008, the new Brooklyn Children's Museum will reverse its most recent look. Located at the northwest corner of Brower Park in the heart of Crown Heights' landmark district, BCM was established in 1899 at the Adams House in what was then Bedford Park. An award-winning 1977 redesign successfully achieved a "minimal presence

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With the warmer weather has arrived the spring strolling season along Eastern Parkway, the geographic spine of Crown Heights. Conceived in 1866 by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, the celebrated designers of Central Park, Crown Heights' grandest street was built between 1870 and 1874. Olmstead and Vaux coined the term "parkway" to describe their vision of a landscaped road built

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473 Maple Street $475,000

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Bergen Street, $999,000Uncertain Fate Of Old BrooklynIs Crown Heights Nicer Then Park Slope

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"Early 2007 Reports Indicate Softening in Some House Prices....W’burg, Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Crown Heights Are Still Hot"By Dennis Holt Brooklyn Daily EagleBrooklyn — New data on Brooklyn home sales in 2006 and 2005 published by Halstead Property and a report from HMS Associates on the first quarter of this year both show the continuation of a Brooklyn boom. However, red flags may have been

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Crown Heights' fast-rising real estate values are challenging long-held perceptions regarding the quality of life the district's residential core. The homes at 1122 and 1116 Prospect Place, shown in these photos, were each built in 1901, measure 2,208 square feet, and appear to be in the same general condition (from exterior view). The home at 1222 (top) sold for $455,000 in 12/06; two months

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The recent grant of landmark status has placed a spotlight on Crown Heights as one of Brooklyn's most sought-after brownstone communities. Long a hidden gem (locals recall the days when a Crown Heights residential real estate listing in the The New York Times was a forlorn dream), the landmark designation emphasizes the nabe's unmatched architectural jewels, which collectively showcase a quality

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www.forbes.comby Matt WoolseyIt's far cry from where Jackie Robinson used to play.The 15-story Richard Meier-designed On Prospect Park boasts a face of shimmering glass and buttresses the borough's finest architecture at the head of Grand Army Plaza--where the Memorial Arch, Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Public Library meet. It features 114 high-end units with heated stone floors and

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Crown Heights$929,500NEW WORLD NY REALTY

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The New York City Landmarks Commission this week granted landmark protection to 472 buildings in Crown Heights North, in the area bounded by Pacific Street to the north, Dean Street, Prospect Place and St. Mark's Avenue to the south, Bedford Avenue to the west and Kingston Avenue to the east. Built mainly between the 1860s and 1930s, buildings in the district feature Italianate, neo-Grec,

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View across Grand Army Plaza showing Central Library and apartment houses along Eastern Parkway, early 1930s

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On Sale for 1.4 Million a renovated I family house Click HereOn the market for 1.5 Million Updated but not renovated Click Here

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This unusual Eastern Parkway twinlamper survived until the early 1960s. It is crowned by the distinctive Type 3 Twin (an original design made for 5th Avenue at the 1892 Columbian Exposition). Note, also, the elongated glass diffusers. These were variations on the shorter diffusers that were featured with the original 'cup' designs from the 1940s.Eastern Parkway has, in recent years, installed a

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1300 Carrol Street Bet. Brooklyn and New York

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This is the best that anyone could have done with their house in Crown Heights.

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On a block like President Street it’s hard to say how much a house is worth.President Street is the most beautiful and exclusive block in Crown Heights;last week a semi detached house has hit the market for 1.5 million; I ask the residence in Crown Heights to give their opinion on how much this house is should be go for. ETC EtCCrown Heights1.5 Million

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Eastern and Ocean Parkways in Brooklyn, designed by Olmsted and Vaux, were the first parkways in the country when they were built in the 1870s. Both parkways are designated New York City Scenic Landmarks.

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PEOPLE interested in buying brownstones or town houses should not assume that all of the bargains are gone. Brokers say there are still properties in New York City that cost less than $1 million, but only if buyers are willing to venture into often overlooked neighborhoods and tolerate extensive renovations.“You can still get a lovely brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant for well under $1 million,”

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This blog is temporarily closed; I love Crown heights Real Estate, soif anyone would like to continue it I will be glad to work with them. Please email me at sblesof@aol.com and we will discuss the detailsThe blog is set to open in the near future - please stay tuned.

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Crown HeightsCorcoranPresident St. & New York

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Wow! Great location and great price does anyone know the address?Crown HeightFSBOKingston and Eastern Parkway

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(Interesting artical written in the New York Times about Crown Heights Real Estate)Published: January 20, 1985CROWN HEIGHTS is being rediscovered. Regarded for years as a dangerous ghetto, the central Brooklyn neighborhood now attracts many newcomers in search of affordable housing near the more prosperous Park Slope.During the 1950's and 1960's, Crown Heights's population dropped as ethnic and

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This structure is totally out of place.

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Crown Heights Melonie LynnPark Place $880,000Look at this unbelievably beautiful house. I'll bet you these are from the early mansions built on New York Ave in the 1880's.

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Photo Tour of Crown Heights North

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City mulls landmark status for northern slice of the Brooklyn neighborhood, while condos keep sprouting on southern end.By Gabby Warshawer. One look at the Brooklyn enclave of Crown Heights makes it clear that this is a neighborhood with one foot in the past and one striding to the future.As the city moves forward with a plan to confer landmark status upon a large swath of northern Crown Heights,

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Once a Reform Synagogue; this beautiful Building still stands on Kingston Avenue revealing the past of this beautiful neighborhood.

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Lefferts and Kingston Eastern Parkway and Kingston(Notice the crowns on top of the brownstones that have since been removed, if anybody can shed some light as to why?)Brooklyn and Union Brooklyn Pictures

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After a cash payoff to the next door neighbor, the developer’s finally got their way and will be building condos on this lot. No word yet on the estimated completion date, however, given that the demolition hasn’t started, they are more then a year away from completion. Any word on the size or number of units?

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Crown Heights North Prudential Douglas Elliman $745,000

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Eastern Parkway- Grand Army Plaza,(Notice the horse and buggy on the bottom right.) www.citynoise.org By: Ed Gruber In 1905 my maternal grandparents, Fannie Schwager and Edward Wolff, were married in the then famous red room of the Willoughby Mansion at 667 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn. That same year they moved from Hall Street into a newly purchased brown-stone house at 347 Eastern Parkway

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Quick Facts: The two blocks of President Street between Kingston and New York Avnues were once known as "Doctors Row". Only people that lived on that block were allowed to drive through.

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Does anybody know the number, size, and type of condos that will be built?

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This building is perhaps the best example of wasted precious space in Crown Heights. The Building is approximately 12,000 square feet and it has been sitting vacant for years. Last year, there was a title transfer to someone by the name of Weinbaum; other then, that the owner refuses any comment about the future of the building.

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Crown Heights1259 Carroll StreetFillmore $899,000This house had been sitting on the market for months. At $900,000, this is a perfect example of the 2006 over inflated prices. It obviously has not occurred to the owner that the frenzy over houses, in Crown Heights, has calmed down and the people won’t pay the crazy prices any more._______________________________________________

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(Please excuse the picture it was raining)The official address for this lot is 1510 Union Street -343 Albany AveI hope to bring you the history and future plans for this parcel of land and how it will develop as another brick in the building of the neighborhood.In 1979 an organization called Center For The Jewish Culture purchased this lot with the plan to build a center for Judaism which would

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Ebbets Field - Apartment Complex Prior to the building of the large apartment complex; there was Ebbets Field.Ebbets field is located in Crown Heights and is owned by a resident of the Crown Heights community.Ariel View of Ebbets Field.

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NO MONEY DOWN ON PARK PLACECrown Heights1368 Park Place $660,000Gmap_______________________________________________

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Crown Heights 1070 Bergen Street Exit Realty Professionals$839,000

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Example of some of the beautiful Brownstones in Crown Heights on Brooklyn Ave

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This Beautiful 2 Family House on 1092 Carroll Street is for sale. The price is $729,000. There is no shortage of housing, there is a shortage of affordable housing. Click here

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My first interest is in the historical northern part of Crown Heights were all the beautiful brownstone mansions are located.

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Welcome to the crown heights Real Estate Blog. This is a blog in which we discuss crown heights historic and future planning of Real Estate.

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