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Crown Heights Real Estate Roundup: January 2010

Crown Heights, Brooklyn's real estate crown jewel And home to more single family, turn of the century townhouse mansions than any other neighborhood in the borough.  Neither Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Park Slope or Brooklyn Heights possess the variety in architecture found in every corner of this neighborhood. Since 1996, Crown Heights has been experiencing a real estate renaissance of sorts with the land marked Crown Heights North Historic District and a slated review of a second phase fo...

Crown Heights vs. Prospect Heights: Crime Stats

Courtesy of http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/your_neighborhood/index.html. Crime Statistics in Crown Heights (North of Eastern Parkway) Crime Statistics in Crown Heights (South) Crime Statistics in Prospect Heights

Measuring Up: Crown Heights Vs. Prospect Heights

We are introducing a new series of posts called “Measuring Up”, which will compare Crown Heights to other neighborhoods in Brooklyn and NYC.  This first post compares Crown Heights to Prospect Heights.  Surprising to us, the crime index for Crown Heights was less than the national crime average while the index for Prospect Heights was greater than the national average.  However, there is a footnote that might help explain this. Item Crown Heights Prospect Heights ...