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September 8, 2008

City blocks: Eastern Parkway at Washington Avenue, Prospect Heights

MetroNY
By Amy Zimmer

Atlantic Yards lingers like a bad omen, even on the other end of the neighborhood of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn:

Five reasons to live here, visit here or stay away from here

  1. The Brooklyn Museum turns into a big free party with music, dancing, films and art on “Target First Saturdays” every month.

  2. Green space abounds with the nearby Botanic Gardens, famous for the annual cherry blossom festival in the spring.

  3. Stately buildings line Eastern Parkway, and brown­stones line surrounding blocks, but new condos are on the rise nearby.

  4. According to the 2000 Census, 51 percent of residents were black, 28 per­cent white, 14 percent Latino and 4 percent Asian.

  5. Plans for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards have many residents worried about possible destruction of their brownstone Brooklyn character.

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Posted by lumi at September 8, 2008 5:21 AM