Weeksville is not Crown Heights

capt. planet · September 2006

A few days ago a cab driver was shot and killed on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy, as reported in the NY Times. A few days later the Times reported that a suspect had been apprehended and that he lived in Weeksville.

Is a possible that the NY Times is now recognizing other parts of Crown Heights as legitement n'hoods in their own right? Is this the beginning of Weeksville being the "bad" n'hood and the rehabilitation of Crown Heights as an OK place for people to live? I remember when Prospect Heights was the "bad" n'hood and Park Slope was the "good" n'hood.

Ah, the games journalists play. What does it really mean anyways?

mase · September 2006

Reporters just don't know where they are standing. Just this week, there
was an incident on Utica Avenue and Fulton Street on the B46 bus stop (going north) and the reporter called it "Brownsville"

She also called Malcolm X Boulevard, Reid Ave. Ain't nobody called that street Reid Ave in 20 years

You have two "Weeksvilles". You have the famous row of houses that are supposed to be some sort of landmark and you have "Weeksville Houses", a housing project that goes from Troy Avenue to Schenectady
and from Dean Street to Pacific Street. This is two block away from Albany Houses. Albany has always been a part of Crown Heights. I believe Bed-Stuy starts around Dean Street, but I cannot be 100% sure. The line is always changing

Weeksville is not Crown Heights

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