On signs, walls, ATMs, mailboxes, and trucks, Crown Heights’s own graffiti artist, nicknamed “Isaiah 53” has been tagging the scenes of the community with his signature work, the scrawled words “Isaiah 53”. So who is this mysterious man?
A fourteen-year-old Jewish boy playing with his toy laser was targeted in Crown Heights Sunday by a group of non-Jewish youth who stole his laser and assaulted him.
A place to grow and learn, a place to let loose and relax and most importantly, a place to belong. A place to build bonds and create friendships, to lean on and laugh. This is Anshei Lubavitch.
Continuing the 40 year annual tradition for Rabbi Borenstein’s Eighth grade class, they all got together in the backyard of his Balfour Place home for a Siyum and barbeque.
It’s Sunday afternoon and Yossi and Dina join us for a candid discussion about their experience at the Shidduch House. It’s not their first time coming, we have met before, but this time they arrive as a married couple.
It was a busy Shabbos for Crown Heights Shomrim with the volunteers facilitating a second arrest Shabbos afternoon.
Road work will continue in Crown Heights this week, bringing with it expected traffic and noise disturbances. See the scheduled work in extended article.
A taser wielding man was arrested Friday night in Crown Heights after an alert Shormim volunteer witnessed him harass multiple Jewish people.
Lubavitch of Remsen Village, which moved into their new building in September of last year, officially closed on their building, signing the deal and stamping another with Jewish educational organization.
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Yacov Barber for many years was a Shliach in Melbourne Australia. He was a Dayan on the Melbourne Bes Din. He is currently residing in Crown Heights and is a Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, and Advocate in Beis Din Proceedings. He will be giving this week’s shiur on Artificial intelligence and halacha.
The Shidduch House recently had the privilege of hosting Rabbi Manis Friedman, a renowned author and speaker, to address the shadchanim and speak about his newly published book, “Fast Acting, Long Lasting”. The event was a huge success.
A repeat shoplifter in Crown Heights was busted Thursday after deciding to shoplift a second time this week.
Louis Cohen built this magnificent mansion on a 160 by 125 feet lot. It was intended to accommodate his 9 children and household servants, although having servants was considered outdated after World War I. Despite the changing times, the presence of 9 children made full-time help a practical choice.
A Crown Heights resident reached out to CrownHeights.info after she was the victim of a common scam called mailbox fishing, where criminals place a substance inside the lid of a public mailbox to “catch” mail put inside.
Police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked an MTA bus driver in Brooklyn. It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights.
A call for help to Crown Heights Shomrim, a tip to Boro Park Shomrim, and a response by Flatbush Shomrim together brought about the successful return of a stolen car.
A CitiBike riding robber struck Monday evening targeting a Jewish woman on the streets of Crown Heights, striking her and stealing her purse.
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