Can one landlord transform a district?  Possibly.  We were recently introduced to a landlord, Frank, who owns properties on Nostrand Avenue between St. Marks and Bergen.  A Trinidadian native who has traveled the world and believes that Nostrand Avenue still has better to offer the world, Frank has...

Speaking of the borders of Crown Heights – we recently came across this short video by Rapid Realty (located on Franklin Avenue) about the neighborhood.  In it, they discuss the neighborhood’s border “controversy”.   Overall, we thought the vid was well done and holistic...

It seems that the borders of this neighborhood are always in question.  In the course of working on my Gentrifying Brooklyn film, I can say I have heard just about every answer in the book.   Some people told me – in all earnestness – that Nostrand Avenue divides Prospect Heights from...

As some may know, the Crow Hill Community Association (CHCA) has been working diligently to gain landmark designation for the new Crow Hill section of Crown Heights (that is the section is new, but the buildings are old). Their efforts have paid off.   The word from our friends at CHCA (and as...

Big Goings-On At The Maynard Coops This Summer Summer 2010 Free Homebuyer Classes Sponsored by Citi and PACC Citibank and the Pratt Area Community Council will be conducting free seminars to teach the basics of buying a home on a variety of dates this summer. All of these FREE classes will...

The rent is too damn high guy is at it again … after his failed attempt at the NYC mayorship, this time around his too high-ness is aiming even higher – governor.   As if a direct indictment on Franklin Avenue landlords, he was posted in front of the Franklin Avenue subway station earlier...

“Coming Soon Ribs & Steakhouse” … is what a new sign on a storefront on Nostrand Avenue between Atlantic and Pacific Streets in Crown Heights reads. Thanks to an email from regular NP reader, Lee, we decided to do a little poking around about this place. When we looked in, they...

Okay – the sad news is that that Nature’s Organic – the organic store on Nostrand that’s been around since at least 2007 – has a “for rent” sign up.  But the good news is that there is now an opportunity for a visionary entrepreneur to stake claim in one of...

Those who follow the popular Brooklyn website, Brownstoner, know that one of the best neighborhood historians to grace the blog is a local resident, Suzanne Spellen, who writes under the pen name “Montrose Morris” (a reference to  a prolific Brooklyn architect).  Well we just found that that “Montrose”...

The media is all a buzz … from Brownstoner, to Real Deal, to Brooklyn Eagle – that Best Western has opened in Crown Heights on Atlantic Avenue  (of course, we’ve been blogging about this for a while now … but you’ll excuse our use of an old picture for this blog post,...