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For more information:
https://www.landmarkcrowhill.com/
 
October 24, 2022
CHNA announces the launch of Landmark Crow Hill, an initiative to educate, organize and build community with Crow Hill residents and leaders to promote the creation of a new historic district.

What’s In A Name: Crow Hill by Mike Combs and Suzanne Spellen

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights extends roughly from Atlantic Avenue in the north to Empire Boulevard in the South, and from Washington Avenue in the west to Ralph Avenue in the east. But what many don’t know is that the neighborhood hasn’t always been called Crown Heights; in fact, up until the early part of the 20th century, the northern blocks were a part of Bedford, and much of the rest was called Crow Hill. But how did the area first become Crow Hill, and how—and why—did that name change?
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