Crown Heights

Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of . Crown Heights is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Empire Boulevard to the south.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 143,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, USA
  • Also known as: “Crown Heights, Brooklyn” and “Crown Heights, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jewish Children’s Museum and Kingston Avenue station.

Museum
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The Jewish Children's Museum is a Jewish-themed children's at 792 Eastern Parkway in , New York, U.S. It aims for children of all faiths and backgrounds to gain a positive perspective and awareness of the Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding.

Metro station
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The is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights and the 4 train during late nights.

Museum
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The is an art museum in the borough of . At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush and East Flatbush.

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are in . In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in the borough of . is bounded by Crown Heights and Empire Boulevard to the north; and East 98th Street to the east; , and the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge Branch to the south; and the neighborhood of Flatbush and New York Avenue to the west.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the borough of . The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally bounded by to the north, to the east, to the south, and and Parkville to the west.

Crown Heights

Latitude
40.66747° or 40° 40′ 3″ north
Longitude
-73.94357° or 73° 56′ 37″ west
Population
143,000
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Open location code
87G8M384+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2511020426
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
8436493
Wiki­data ID
Q2354222
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Satellite Map

Discover Crown Heights from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yiddish—“Crown Heights” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Crown Heights”
  • Catalan: “Crown Heights”
  • Chinese: “冠冕嶺”
  • Chinese: “王冠高地 (布魯克林)”
  • Chinese: “王冠高地”
  • Chinese: “皇冠高地 (布魯克林)”
  • Czech: “Crown Heights”
  • Dutch: “Crown Heights”
  • Finnish: “Crown Heights”
  • French: “Crow hill”
  • French: “Crown Heights”
  • German: “Crown Heights”
  • Haitian: “Crown Heights”
  • Hebrew: “קראון הייטס”
  • Hungarian: “Crown Heights”
  • Italian: “Crown Heights”
  • Japanese: “クラウン・ハイツ (ブルックリン)”
  • Japanese: “クラウンハイツ (ブルックリン)”
  • Korean: “크라운하이츠”
  • Polish: “Crown Heights”
  • Russian: “Краун-Хайтс”
  • Slovenian: “Crown Heights”
  • Spanish: “Crown Heights (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Crown Heights”
  • Swedish: “Crown Heights”
  • Turkish: “Crown Heights”
  • Ukrainian: “Краун-Гайтс”
  • Urdu: “کراؤن ہائٹس”
  • Welsh: “Crown Heights”
  • Yiddish: “קראון הייטס”
  • Yiddish: “קראון הײטס”
  • Yiddish: “קראָון הייטס”
  • Yiddish: “קרוין הייטס”
  • Yiddish: “קרוינהייטס”

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