By Daniel Greenfield
The Jewish part of Crown
Heights is a narrow island a handful of blocks in length and width. Walk one
block out of the way and you’re suddenly in a dangerous neighborhood The names, Empire Boulevard, President
Street, Eastern Parkway, Montgomery Street, reflect an old vanished grandeur.
The men in top hats and tails walking up the brownstone steps, slightly tipsy
after a party, have given way to car alarms and broken glass.
Kingston Avenue is its
major commercial street full of bakeries, restaurants, butcher stores, a fish
store and children’s clothing shops. Intersecting it is President Street; full
of dilapidated mansions from its past history when it was known as Millionaire’s
Row. Eastern Parkway is a corridor that
stretches to Prospect Park; Brooklyn’s answer to Central Park complete with
lake, swans and even a major museum. Along that corridor you can see elaborate
townhouses, some with stairways stretching three stories, brownstones and
massive old theaters. Read More »
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