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Tonight, Crown Heights makes its television debut on Brooklyn Independent Television’s series, Neighborhood Beat. In the episode, which airs at 8:30 p.m., guest community producers and editors help Neighborhood Beat explore the Crown Heights community. Viewers will get to take an exciting Jewish walking tour and get a glimpse into a rich historic legacy; get creatively inspired by multi-disciplined artists Concep and Lichiban; drop in on the dynamic Richard Green of The Crown Heights Youth Collective; and finally, sample some street-inspired styles at About Time Boutique. You can catch the Brooklyn Independent TV channel on Timewarner 56, Cablevision 69, RCN 84, or Verizon 44. There will be rebroadcasts on January 30 and February 6, 13, 20 at 12:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. so you have no excuse to miss out on this.


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  1. Brownstoner:

    Although over the past year I’ve driven through Crown Heights, where I grew up during the 1950s, I haven’t had the chance to speak to people there, so to hear some of them in this little video was a welcomed experience.

    Physically bits of the neighborhood look familiar but socially (wow!) is it ever a different place.

    When I was a youngster there was little of an Hasidic presence in the area. And Hip Hop and t-shirt artists? Zip!

    Indeed, the culture, religion and aethetic of some of the current locals seem as distant from my memories as if they were from another planet.

    But Courtney Hutchinson, the little kid at the end, brought it all back to earth. There he was, being taught how to make prints by a local artist/entrepreneur who’s dedicated himself to the neighborhood — a form of apprenticeship going back to time immemorial.

    Nice.

    Nostalgic on Park Avenue