Culture in Crown Heights

Galleries

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Five Myles gallery at 558 St John's Place is run by Hanna Tierney.

Gridspace owned my Charles Goldman is locate at 112 Rogers Avenue. Gridspace shows art primarily in the front window. Cloudy days are ideal for viewing.

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SRO gallery is located at 1144 Dean Street and is run by Cecilia Whittaker-Doe and Don Doe.

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Happyluckyno. 1 is owned by Liane Fredel.

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Murals

Brower Park near Children's Museum

Church wall on Classon Avenue

At the corner of Lincoln Place and Underhill Ave., an artist celebrates the dynamism of Underhill with a super dog.

An advertisement on Nostrand on the east side of the avenue encouraging people in the neighborhood to overcome their fear of dentists and come to Dr. Burton so they can smile again.

Playground of P.S. 9

The muralist Emanuel Vinkler and a fellow painter recently updated his mural at St. John and Nostrand repainting their two favorite words -- Rome and Word.

A store front on Nostrand beautified with a handsome design.

One of numerous murals celebrating Black political and social heroes. This one on Empire Blvd. on Bedford Avenue.

A celebration of Black achievement celebrating the stories of individuals improving themselves and the community. Alas not all stories are positive. This mural is on Herkimer Place just off of Nostrand.

A mural at The Black Lady Theatre depicting Black History from prehistoric times to the present.

A long mural on Herkimer Place celebrating Black leaders.

Bookstores

787 Washington Ave

Patricia Brown is the owner of a used book store - when the weather is good she transports a selection out to Eastern Parkway and sets up shop under the trees to the right of the Brooklyn Museum.

Jewel City Books

A project of Mike de Zaya, the mercurial investor in Crown Heights. It is a successor to the much more substantial Hullabaloo on Park Place.

Cafe Con Libros

Cafe con Libros, at 724 Prospect Place, run by Kalima and Ryan has a good selection of feminist literature and from time to time has events. It is small and cozy and at off hours can be the perfect place to get some work done.

Theatre

The Black Lady Theatre at 750 Nostrand as the new sign was being painted. With the reopening of The Black Theatre there is now a place on Nostrand Avenue putting on interesting and important plays.

BOOKS

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The Blind Alley by Grace Edwards

Dance

Fit 4 Dance

Peniel Guerrier, a Haitian folkloric dancer for the last 25 years, will be hosting a Haitian Dance night, Thursdays from 7pm-8:30pm.

Fit 4 Dance

Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera will be teaching Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba on Mondays from 6pm-7:30pm.

Artists

Mike Blue

Street artist and sculptor. CLICK FOR FULL BIO

Richie Hunter

Hat Maker. CLICK TO READ FULL BIO

Sarah Meulhbauer at the opening of the show at Happylucky no. 1 gallery called "To Find Home." The Sarah Lawence graduate is standing next to a photo of her parents house in Queens. Three other artists participated in the show.