Prospect Vs. Crown Heights
“A case in point is Joe Chan, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, who recently moved to Washington and Sterling streets in Brooklyn. I moved to Prospect Heights or Crown Heights, but I’m not really sure which, says Mr. Chan, who adds that he tells friends he lives in Prospect Heights because they are more…

“A case in point is Joe Chan, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, who recently moved to Washington and Sterling streets in Brooklyn. I moved to Prospect Heights or Crown Heights, but I’m not really sure which, says Mr. Chan, who adds that he tells friends he lives in Prospect Heights because they are more familiar with it. He also notes that on the popular Brooklyn blog Brownstoner, there are pages of people debating which neighborhood Mr. Chan’s address is located in. “Only when the name makes the transition from real estate hype or marketing label to a commonly used phrase to describe a neighborhood does it hold, says Jonathan Miller, chief executive of appraisal firm Miller Samuel Inc. In the case of Mr. Chan’s area, the jury is clearly still out.” — Crain’s
My father tells me that he grew up in a part of Crown Heights commonly referred to as Pig Town. I don’ think the real estate agents are bringing that one back.
If one lives on the eastern side of Washington, they reside in Crown Heights. On the west side of the street, it is Prospect Heights. Crazy but essentially true.
Right; street, place, avenue–all the same, who cares?
It’s clear what intersection they’re talking about. No one would confuse Sterling Street being near Prospect Heights.
Classon doesn’t make more sense… it’s a crappy little road. Washington Avenue is a big road. That strikes me as a good border.
Come to think of it, Washington STREET, intersects neither Sterling Street nor Sterling Place, although Washington AVENUE intersects both.
Washington and Sterling STREET is in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Perhaps Mr. Chan moved to Sterling PLACE. It’s one thing that he doesn’t know what neighborhood hed moved to, but could he be so clueless that he doesn’t know what street he lives on?
so he lives on sterling near Washington or Washington near Sterling. Can’t be more specific . Neighborhood names(boundaries) are meaningless. They are not political boundaries. Only psychological ones.
“Must be hard watching tv while ducking traffic.”
Funny you should mention it. Some jerk SUV driver tried to run me off the road as I was walking across the street at that intersection recently. Really, from a dead stop, the guy just floored it and turned left — I had to run back to the curb or get hit. I hope OP has good bumpers and collision coverage. It’s rough at that corner. 😉