Some CH history in Brownstoner

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Brownstoner today has a nice post that covers a lot of history of Crown Heights called "Walkabout: Charity Starts at Home, Part II"

See
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2010/02/walkabout_chari_1.php

Here's a taste of the post:

Montrose Morris wrote: Jewish groups also had charitable institutions in central Brooklyn. There was a large and successful German Jewish population in the area, and many fine institutions were established, including the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital complex, on Classon Ave and Prospect Place (1902), the largest hospital complex in the area. Brooklyn Jewish went bankrupt in the 1970’s and merged with the old St John’s Hospital of Bed Stuy, to form Interfaith Hospital, now located, with new buildings, at the old St. John’s location on Atlantic Avenue. The oldest and most beautiful of the Jewish Hospital buildings are now apartment buildings.