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Crown Heights

boundaries: W- Washington Ave: N- Ralph Ave: E -Empire Blvd: S -East New York Ave.

 

 

In 1916 the name changed to Crown Heights from Crown Hill. In the 1900 it became a posh neighborhood. There was a boom of upper middle class housing. This  neighborhood's major road is the Eastern Parkway. It has numerous landmark buildings and museums.

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  • Dr. RONALD McNAIR PARK- Ronald McNair Park: Eastern Pkwy., Washington Ave., Classon Ave. Brooklyn, NY  

    • Dr. RONALD E. McNAIR MONUMENT   

    • JOSEPH A. GUIDER MONUMENT

 

 

 

Mural of Ebbets Field

Flatbush

boundaries: N-Crown Heights; E- East Flatbush; S -Midwod; W - Ditmas Park/Kensington

 

 

Flatbush was one of the original Brooklyn towns established by the Dutch. It's a literal translation from the Dutch name of "Vlacke bos" meaning "flat woodland". It was the county seat of Kings County and the center of commerce. After the Consolidation of 1898, it lost some of its previous luster. In 2000 it began to regain some of its old qualities.

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Weeksville

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  • PROSPECT PARK STATION-BMT Line 

    • Mural of Brooklyn Zoo on the outer wall of the subway station 

    • Mural of Ebbets Field on the Flatbush side of the Prospect Park Subway station  

 

 

  • KINGS THEATER (being renovated, due to open Dec. 2014), 1027 Flatbush Avenue

Weeksville Houses

Weeksville

boundaries: N - Pacific St.; E - Kingsborough 4th Walk; W - Rochester Ave.; S - Bergen St.

 

New York State abolished slavery in 1827. It gave previous slaves the opportunity to buy land and in 1838 James Weeks  bought a plot of land. A community formed and it became a refuge for blacks during the Civil War Draft Riots of 1863. Over time the village became part of Crown Heights and the village was forgotten. In 1968 Pratt College and historian James Hurley searched for remnants of this village. They found evidence of the village.

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  • KINGSBOROUGH HOUSES 2ND WALKS, 241 Kingsborough

    • Low relief sculpture panels of African history

    • Murals by Groundswell 

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