I can't think of a more picturesque street in Brooklyn than Presidents Street, between New York and Brooklyn Avenues, which runs along the crest of Crown Heights. One gets the same feeling of chagrin at these stately homes as one does in the manicured streets of the Prospect Park South section of Flatbush (see 11/25/09 blog).
The fact that my mother-in-law grew up at #1267 (where a brick patio has usurped the lawn of her childhood) piqued my interest in visiting the area. Most of the architecture is 3-story homes, clad in brick, most of which were presumably single family residences. The American Institute of Architects Guide to New York City describes houses on this block as being "on the scale of an English Renaissance palace."
The fact that my mother-in-law grew up at #1267 (where a brick patio has usurped the lawn of her childhood) piqued my interest in visiting the area. Most of the architecture is 3-story homes, clad in brick, most of which were presumably single family residences. The American Institute of Architects Guide to New York City describes houses on this block as being "on the scale of an English Renaissance palace."The area is home to a sometimes tense mix of Caribbean immigrants and Hasidic Jews of the Lubavitch sect. Note the Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe ("FREE") at #1383 (http://www.russianjewry.org/), two lions standing watch on the enclosed porch. Also note the "Road Sage" Mitzvah ("good deed") van sponsored by the Lubavitch Youth Organization (http://www.theroadsage.org/). According to the van, the mileage is good at 613 Mitzvot per gallon.
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