The gentrification of Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights is most evident between Sterling and Park Place.

A city councilman detained by cops at the West Indian Day parade said Tuesday that it wouldn’t have happened if he was white.

A few years ago, while rummaging through a small storage closet in his Crown Heights day school, an administrator discovered a cache of old prayer books.

The staff at CrownHeights.info would like to wish our fellow staffer, editor, photographer and reporter Binyomin Lifshitz (Crown Heights) a hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! on his engagement to Rivka Kashanian (Coral Springs, FL/Crown Heights)!

The Lechaim will take place tonight, Wednesday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn — not far from where Mayor Bloomberg was marching — as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days.

By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the city since Saturday morning, authorities said.

Aside from all the Hip-Hop, Calypso and Reggae this year the parade will feature an addition of some spiritual music, specifically gospel - intended to raise awareness and prevent youth violence. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Laiby Kletzky memorial fund.

Aside from all the Hip-Hop, Calypso and Reggae this year the parade will feature an addition of some spiritual music, specifically gospel - intended to raise awareness and prevent youth violence. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Laiby Kletzky memorial fund.

Last Shabbos in 770, World Lubavitch Headquarters, no less than 30 chasanim from Eretz Yisrael were on hand to receive an aliyah, as they were married this week in Eretz Yisrael. Many Chabadnikim travel to 770 for an aliyah prior to their chupah, for their Shabbos Aufruf.

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Earlier this week Shomrim were called to help free the leg of a young boy who got entangled in the frame of his bicycle, but Tuesday, an even more bizarre call came in. A girl was trapped inside of her basement apartment after someone had tied their dog up to her door!

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Children have always found new and innovative way to get themselves stuck in a tangled situation, from pulling a potty trainer over their head, or getting twisted in a seatbelt of a car, but combine crocks and a bicycle and you end up with a terrified little boys leg squished between a pedal and the bike frame.