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Clinton Hill is a historically wealthy neighborhood that offers luxurious living in the area.
Clinton Hill is inhabited by Italian Americans, African American, Caribbean immigrants, and middle-class families of many ethnic backgrounds.
Clinton Hill rent ranges from 1500 to 2000 based on the size of the apartment.
www.sublet.com /spider/AreaDesc/Brooklyn/ClintonHill.html   (152 words)

  
 Clinton Hill Development - Wired New York Forum
Clinton Hill's weak spot has always been its underperforming elementary and high schools, and many parents send their children to private, alternative or parochial schools.
She is co-chairwoman of the Landmarks Preservation Committee of the Society for Clinton Hill, a community group that monitors major condo conversions and new high-rises, many of which, she says, seem to go up overnight, in spite of opposition.
"Clinton Hill has been one of the few communities in New York City to maintain its level of racial and economic diversity," said Ron Schiffman, a professor at the graduate center for planning and the environment at Pratt.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5736   (3435 words)

  
 Clinton Hill, Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clinton Hill is a small neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn, New York.
By the 1840s, Clinton Hill had become a fashionable neighborhood for the wealthy of Brooklyn, who could commute to Manhattan by way of stagecoach to the Fulton Ferry in nearby Brooklyn Heights.
By the 1880s and '90s, Clinton Avenue was lined with mansions of millionaires, many of which have survived to the present day.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clinton_Hill,_Brooklyn   (275 words)

  
 Brooklyn Record
Clinton Avenue is one of the main stretches on the annual trick-or-treat walk for neighborhood kids that kicks off at 5:30 on Halloween night from the garden at Dekalb and Hall Street.
The Brooklyn Jumbies, a trio of traditional African stilt-dancers, were out it force on Saturday afternoon at one of the regular street bazaars held on Clinton Avenue.
New Clinton Hill blog Clintoncentric turns in a strong inaugural post with the news that the Pratt Area will be getting a much-needed vintage clothing store (now that Sodafine is moving to the 'Burg).
www.brooklynrecord.com /archives/clinton_hill/index.html   (3927 words)

  
 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership: Places of Interest
Clinton Hill is one of New York’s premier landmark neighborhoods, featuring a diversity of architectural styles and beautiful churches.
Once called “Brooklyn’s Gold Coast,” Clinton Hill is distinguished by its large number of free-standing mansions built at the turn of the century by wealthy magnates such as the Pratts.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is located at the northern edge of Brooklyn, on Flushing Avenue and Wallabout Bay in the East River.
www.myrtleavenue.org /theNeighborhood_placesInterest.cfm   (659 words)

  
 BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Brooklyn was once "horse country." The Brooklyn Bridge was originally built for horse drawn carriages, not cars.
There have been shows on the Federation of Black Cowboys, a Brooklyn group of riders; the mounted police drill team, who ride in parades; Richard Stone Stevens, the equine artist who paints pictures of race horses; Der Dau, the Brooklyn bootmaker; and Ben Miller, the oldest fl rodeo rider, who’s still riding at 93.
Savage says horse activity in Brooklyn is limited, but there are three stables currently in operation, with shows devoted to each of them.
www.brooklynx.org /bcat/popups/pguide_features/equestrian.asp   (725 words)

  
 Brooklyn Preparatory High School
Students at Brooklyn Prep say they like to come to school because of their teachers, and it's easy to see why.
Brooklyn Prep is unusual among many of the new small schools in the city in that it welcomes students with special education needs who have been in "collaborative team teaching" (CTT) classrooms in middle school.
We chose Brooklyn Prep because of its fresh new attitude and hoped for the best as far as safety goes." As of now, she feels that the safety in the neighborhood is a major problem, and needs to be better addressed by the school.
www.insideschools.org /fs/school_profile.php?id=1305   (788 words)

  
 Clinton Hill Development - Page 2 - Wired New York Forum
“Clinton Hill Village” is nestled in the vastly growing neighborhood of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
"Clinton Hill Village" is within walking distance to the Pratt Insitute, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Fort Greene Park.
Clinton Hill Village lies at the heart of convenience for the commuter, the shopper, and anyone who needs close proximity to the necessities of everyday life, all within reach via public transportation (subway-G train @ Classon Ave.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5736&page=2   (856 words)

  
 Homes for sale in Brooklyn, NY
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY This excellent investment opportunity in the prime Greenpoint section of Brooklyn offers eight, two bedroom units, five of which have been renovated.
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY Ideally located in the prime area of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, this four-family six bedroom Brownstone has been totally remodeled from top to bottom with a fresh coat of paint, plumbing and stainless steel appliances.
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY Perfectly situated in a thought after neighborhood of Brighton Beach and extended over three finished floors, this legal four-family home boast efficient amount of space and natural light.
www.foxtons.com /for-sale/homes-in-brooklyn-new-york-usa-112/homes-for-sale-in-brooklyn.html   (449 words)

  
 Clinton Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, is a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
Clinton Hill, Newark is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey
Clinton Hill (artist) (1922-) is a New York School artist.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clinton_Hill   (103 words)

  
 Brooklyn
There aren't many Brooklyn streets to be found, although people do travel quite a bit by the trolleys that gave the Dodgers -- originally the Trolley Dodgers, named after all those Brooklyn residents who risked life and limb on a daily basis jumping across the ubiquitous trolley tracks -- their name.
Brooklyn, that is. The old limestone and brick brownstones had iron-work patterns on heavy wooden doors.
Although it is one of the few Brooklyn mysteries approaching the streets of Marine Park, tucked in between southern Flatbush Avenue and Sheepshead Bay, in the hands of Robert Leigh, Brooklyn is reduced to a few street names (some of which are fictional) and a sprinkling of storefronts.
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 2 ) Brooklyn Brokers & Realtors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Brooklyn Properties has real estate offices strategically located along vibrant 7th Avenue in the Historic Brownstone neighborhood of Park Slope.
Specializing in the sales of townhouses, co-ops and condos, and serving as consultants for residential developers, Brooklyn Properties is a highly accessible and trusted company with deep roots in the community.
If you are planning a move to Brownstone Brooklyn, or if you are looking for a solid real estate investment, we will help you locate your perfect property.
nyc-realestate.com /brooklyn2.html   (395 words)

  
 Rent-Direct.com: Brooklyn apartments rentals Fort Greene - Clinton Hill
East of Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, you'll find Fort Greene, one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in New York which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Pratt Institute in Clinton Hill is equally significant as a neighborhood trendsetter.
Clinton Hill has high-rises, many converted into co-ops.
www.rent-direct.com /Brooklyn_Apartments/fort_greene-clinton_hill.html   (256 words)

  
 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery - Brooklyn Watercolor Society
The Brooklyn Watercolor Society was founded in 1973 by a group of friends who had painted inside and out for some time.
The latter includes paint-outs in various parts of Brooklyn and demonstrations of technique.
All members have an affiliation with the borough of Brooklyn, which is the only requirement for application.
www.bbg.org /vis2/gallery/brooklynwatercolor.html   (324 words)

  
 Clinton Hill Apartments for rent Clinton Hill apartment rentals, Clinton Hill furnished apartments to rent.
Clinton Hill Apartments for rent Clinton Hill apartment rentals, Clinton Hill furnished apartments to rent.
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 New York Metro: Cheap Eats
The high-ceilinged space is an echo chamber, and the staff gets stretched thin, but nothing seems to faze the multicultural clientele of brownstone renovators, bam-goers, and the upstairs neighbor making a solitary dinner of oysters and beer at the bar.
A sidewalk table on the preternaturally quiet block is an unpretentious oasis in the midst of hipsterville.
Red Hook is a culinary backwater ripe for gentrification -- especially with the prospect of a Fairway satellite on the waterfront, a French brasserie under construction nearby, and the recent opening of this friendly diner, a beacon in the Brooklyn wilderness.
www.newyorkmetro.com /restaurants/articles/cheap_eats/02/brooklyn.htm   (847 words)

  
 If You're Thinking of Living In/Clinton Hill, Brooklyn; Historic, Diverse and on the Rise - New York Times
Then there is the hulking Graham Home for Old Ladies, founded in 1851 as the ''Brooklyn Society for the Relief of Respectable, Aged, Indigent Females.'' Plans to turn the brick monolith into lofts fell through, and it is currently on the market for $2.6 million.
Real-estate agents say that prices are lower in Clinton Hill than next door in Fort Greene and that people get more space for their money there than in comparable parts of Brooklyn.
MUCH of the housing is in original condition because ''Clinton Hill was landmarked [in 1981] before anybody wanted to live here,'' said Sandra Shepard, an agent at William B. May Company whose family moved last year into a double carriage house in Clinton Hill.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7D81E39F931A35752C0A9669C8B63   (702 words)

  
 Eating Clinton Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
What this has meant for general eating and playing in Clinton Hill is that it has been pretty functional, not so much frivolous.
I have some pictures and thoughts on the two times we got take away from Graziella's, the yummy dinner at Pequena, the new pet store with the awesomest name in the world, Who's Your Doggy and our potentially life changing-ly (at least as far as brunch is concerned) awful brunch at Olea.
Our friend Rocket is one of the few people we know who live in Manhattan still, when she comes out to visit, she always comments on how nice and quiet it is out in Brooklyn (duh).
eatingclintonhill.blogspot.com   (4450 words)

  
 The Clinton hill car service in Clintonhill Brooklyn. New Bell Car Service in Brooklyn
New Bell Car Service in Clinton Hill Brooklyn was started in 1999 after an older car service was replaced with new management.
Our Clinton hill car service in Clinton hill will be here for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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 Visit Clinton Hill Dental In Brooklyn To Experience The Ultimate In Cosmetic Dentistry
Our Brooklyn area office specializes in cosmetic dentistry.
Contact Clinton Hill Dental in Brooklyn to schedule your consultation with our cosmetic dentists.
Clinton Hill - Fort Greene - Brooklyn Heights - Downtown Brooklyn NY areas.
www.clintonhilldental.com   (168 words)

  
 blogs by borough: brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Adventures of the Pie Queen: Food-related musings and recipes from a pie-bakin' Brooklyn girl.
Clinton Hill Blog: Observations in Clinton Hill
runs brooklyn/brooklyn runs: a Brooklyn runner documents his attempt to run every street in the borough
www.nycbloggers.com /brooklyn.asp   (65 words)

  
 NYSERDA - Press Releases
“Clinton Hill has a sophisticated measure of their use, and now can begin generating to fill some of their own needs.
Through NYSERDA programs, Clinton Hill is saving thousands of dollars per year, while lowering petroleum use and the complex’s air emissions,” Smith said.
For its groundbreaking partnership approach and impressive benefits to the community, CAC was honored with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Excellence Award in 2002 and with one of the first Environmental Excellence Awards by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in 2005.
www.nyserda.org /Press_Releases/PressRelease.asp?i=121&d=2006   (1027 words)

  
 Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
Castle Hill holds exhibitions, lectures, forums, concerts and other similar activities in order to promote social interaction among artists, craftsmen, laymen, and the community at large.
She has exhibited widely, including at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; Pfizer Inc., Purchase, NY; and the Cape Museum of Fine Art in Dennis, MA; her work is in the collection of the Bank of America.
Her work is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum; Notre Dame University; Lori Bookstien Gallery; Citibank; the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the NY Public Library, among others.
www.castlehill.org /workshops_painting.html   (5165 words)

  
 Brooklyn Japanese Restaurant & Lounge Brooklyn Sushi Lounge Brooklyn Sushi Lounge in Brooklyn
Come to the Brooklyn Sushi Lounge in Fort Greene Brooklyn and discover the place that is already creating a buzz.
The Brooklyn Sushi Lounge is a Modern Japanese Restaurant, Sushi Bar and Sake Lounge that embraces the flavor of traditional Japan while catering to the hip, sophisticated clientele of Fort Greene Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, Dumbo, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Sunset Park, Brooklyn Heights, and Boerum Hill Brooklyn.
Whether it’s a sushi party or a simple dinner for two, The Brooklyn Sushi Lounge in Brooklyn is a destination point for groups of all sizes.
brooklynsushilounge.com   (489 words)

  
 NY1: Brooklyn
Five Jewish teenagers are expected to appear in court Friday in connection with the beating of a Muslim man in Brooklyn.
The suspects were arrested Sunday after police say they shouted racial slurs before punching Shahid Amber with brass knuckles and breaking his nose outside an area Dunkin' Donuts.
Brooklyn Park Closes Early In Response To October Bias Attack
www.ny1.com /ny1/Boroughs/brooklyn.jsp   (421 words)

  
 Clinton Hill Brooklyn NY - Jeff Grandis - Assoc Real Estate Broker
Clinton Hill Brooklyn New York Real Estate consists of many architecturally significant homes.
The historic homes of Clinton Hill Brooklyn New York exemplify different periods of the neighborhoods development.The style of architecture of these homes in Clinton Hill Brooklyn New York range from Romanesque mansions to Classic Victorian Row houses, Italianate frame Villas to pre Civil War frame houses, Row houses brownstones and some magnificent apartment buildings.
The price range of homes in Clinton Hill Brooklyn New York is from $600,000's to the multi millions of dollars.
www.jeffgrandis.com /n-clinton_hill.php   (164 words)

  
 The New York Observer Real Estate: Curvy Glass Condos in Clinton Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Two lucky Clinton Hill warehouses are about to turn into two six-story condos (plus a 60-foot inner courtyard, plus a shiny pool.) The curvy Vanderbilt Apartments, designed by Meltzer/Mandl Architects, will be made of clear and "colored spandrel glass."
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (August 1, 2006) - Meltzer/Mandl Architects, P.C. is bringing its distinctive style to Clinton Hill, Brooklyn by transforming two commercial warehouse blocks into oases of luxury with the design of Vanderbilt Apartments at 174 Vanderbilt Avenue.
The complex is made up of two six-story condominium residences on contiguous blocks that share a private, 60-foot landscaped inner courtyard, complete with reflecting pool and outdoor furniture.
therealestate.observer.com /2006/08/curvy-glass-condos-in-clinton-hill.html   (538 words)

  
 The New York Observer Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The math is a bit complex, but Brooklyn Paper reports that the IRS will be foiling Bruce Ratner's "sweetheart deal" for the Atlantic Yards.
Downtown Brooklyn's lament has been the inability to attract mega-tenants to four different sites that were painstakingly drawn and measured in a city-led massive rezoning two years ago.
Joe Chan, the president of the new Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, indicated in an interview last week that he was headed in a different direction: go for singles rather than home runs.
therealestate.observer.com /.../curvy-glass-condos-in-clinton-hill.html   (1625 words)

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