OH NOES!: Brooklyn Prospect Heights' boundaries expand

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February 18, 2011 10:08 AM

Brooklyn Prospect Heights' boundaries expand

(The Wall Street Journal) -- New condominium developments are pushing the boundary of Brooklyn's Prospect Heights, an in-between neighborhood of pre-World War II brick apartments and brownstones on the north side, eastward into Crown Heights, which has been viewed as a grittier part of Brooklyn although it is near to brownstone Brooklyn. The merging of the two neighborhoods has realtors and developers coining a new name for the area, ProCro, an area where you can find million-dollar condos, sleek wine bars along with rent-controlled buildings and bodegas with graffiti.

See full article at The Wall Street Journal:

http://topics.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704657704576150240750373316.html

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110218/REAL_ESTATE/110219867#

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You Don't Live in Crown Heights, You Live in ProCro!

http://gothamist.com/2011/02/18/you_dont_live_in_crown_heights_you.php

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nostrandpark

We've been talking about this over in the Crown Heights section: http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/curbed-via-wsj-prospect-heights-condo-boom-swallows-up-crown-heights.

We could have avoided the uncecessary duplication if there was a "ProCro" section on this board... Maybe if there was some type of quid procro ... (sorry, just had to...) :-)

karl the druid

bloho