What communities make up Crown Heights?

Crown Heights is one of Brooklyn's most diverse neighborhoods. It has long been home to a large and vibrant Caribbean and West Indian community, celebrated each year in the West Indian American Day Carnival along Eastern Parkway, as well as a significant Hasidic Jewish community centered on the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. In recent years, gentrification has added new residents drawn by the architecture and value. This mix of cultures gives Crown Heights a distinctive character that is central to its identity and appeal.