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Crown Heights, Now Safe For White People

Another Sunday, another Brooklyn neighborhood to gentrify. The Times digs into Brooklyn's Crown Heights, where riots apparently are no longer the norm. One enterprising couple, who paid $418,000 last year for a 5-story brownstone on Revere Place, proudly exclaims, "We were the first white family on the block."
· Casting an Eye Toward Brooklyn's 'Hidden Jewel' [NYTimes]