Crown Heights North features Caribbean cultural heritage, beautiful Eastern Parkway brownstones, and the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden. Rapidly developing retail corridors.
Crown Heights North features Caribbean cultural heritage, beautiful Eastern Parkway brownstones, and the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden. Rapidly developing retail corridors.
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The annual West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway has roots dating back to the 1920s, when Caribbean immigrants held Carnival celebrations in Harlem ballrooms.
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Crown Heights (North) keeps a modest but solid lineup of playgrounds — you've got Brower Park, St. Mark's Playground, and Woods Playground scattered across the blocks, all with decent equipment and enough space to let kids run. It's not a green-heavy area like Park Slope, but what's here is well-used and maintained. The handful of options means you probably end up at the same one most weekends, which is fine — they do the job.
Schools & early education
North Crown Heights runs deep on school options — a real mix of zoned public, charters, and private religious schools. P.S. 191 Paul Robeson anchors the east side, while Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School brings a dedicated arts and science focus on St. Marks. The charter scene holds its own too, with Explore Empower and Success Academy drawing families looking for something different from the traditional public track. Private options lean religious, with a few Jewish academies along Eastern Parkway. It's a lot to sort through, but the diversity means there's genuinely different pedagogical flavors — you just have to dig into each school's individual setup.
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Best schools in Crown Heights (North)
Schools in Crown Heights (North)37
- Academy for Health Careers
- ACORN Community High School
- ALC - Albany
- ALC - P.S. 138K ANNEX
- ARISTA PREP SCHOOL
- Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
- BROOKLYN JESUIT PREP
- CHABAD GIRLS ACADEMY
- ED INST-OHOLEI TORAH-EASTERN PARKWAY
- Edwards L. Cleaveland
- EPIPHANY LUTHERAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- Explore Empower Charter School
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- Friends of Crown Heights 2
- Friends of Crown Heights 9
- GERMAN SCHOOL BROOKLYN
- Gotham Professional Arts Academy
- Inner Force Tots
- KIPP Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
- Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
- LIGHTHOUSE EARLY LEARNING CENTER
- M.S. K394
- MT MORIAH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
- New Bridges Elementary
- P.S. 191 Paul Robeson
- P.S. 243K- The Weeksville School
- P.S. 289 George V. Brower
- P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods
- Park Place Day Care Ctr
- Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech)
- Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights
- The Academy for Collaborative Exploration
- The Brooklyn Green School
- The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence
- The School of Integrated Learning
- UNITED LUBAVITCHER YESHIVOTH ANNEX
- YESHIVA BEIS CHAYA MUSHKA
Early education in Crown Heights (North)39
- ACORN Community High School
- ARISTA PREP SCHOOL
- Arista Prep, Inc.
- Bedford Stuyvesant ECDC 133
- BKA OF NY LLC
- Bka Utica
- Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
- BROOKLYN JESUIT PREP
- CHABAD GIRLS ACADEMY
- Classon Avenue
- Creative Learning Academy - Crown Heights
- ED INST-OHOLEI TORAH-EASTERN PARKWAY
- EDWARDS L. CLEAVELAND
- Effie B.S Early Childhood Development Center Corp.
- EPIPHANY LUTHERAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- FRIENDS OF CROWN HEIGHTS - 671-675 PROSPECT PLACE
- FRIENDS OF CROWN HEIGHTS - 813 STERLING PLACE
- FRIENDS OF CROWN HEIGHTS - 963 PARK PLACE
- Friends of Crown Heights 2
- Friends of Crown Heights 29
- Friends of Crown Heights 9
- Gotham Professional Arts Academy
- Inner Force Tots
- INNER FORCE TOTS INC.
- M.S. K394
- MT MORIAH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
- New Bridges Elementary
- P.S. 191 Paul Robeson
- P.S. 243K- The Weeksville School
- P.S. 289 George V. Brower
- P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods
- Park Place Day Care Ctr
- Park Place Day Care Inc
- The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence
- THE FRIENDS OF CROWN HEIGHTS EDUCATIONAL CENTERS, INC.
- WEEKSVILLE GARDEN CHILDREN'S CENTER
- Weeksville Gardens
- Yeled V'Yalda 667
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Crown Heights (North) a good neighborhood for families?
- Crown Heights (North) scores 50/100 for families on Motley — near the middle of the pack citywide. The Family Fit score blends safety, schools, parks, cost of living, and community.
- Is Crown Heights (North) safe?
- Crown Heights (North) scores 14/100 on safety — toward the lower end citywide. We build the score from NYPD complaint data, normalized by population.
- How are the schools in Crown Heights (North)?
- Crown Heights (North) has 37 schools mapped inside its boundary and scores 78/100 for schools — ahead of most NYC neighborhoods.
- Is Crown Heights (North) affordable?
- Crown Heights (North) scores 21/100 for affordability on Motley — among the pricier parts of the city.
- Which borough is Crown Heights (North) in?
- Crown Heights (North) is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City.
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