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A new Hasidic community grows in Brownsville, Brooklyn

JL;DR SUMMARY In recent years, a modest influx of Lubavitcher families has begun to settle in Brownsville, Brooklyn, as rising housing costs in Crown Heights drive them to seek more affordable options. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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BrooklynJewish NeighborhoodsHasidic CommunityLubavitchCrown HeightsGentrificationBrownsvilleCommunity GrowthHousing CostsJewish Infrastructure

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Brownsville, New York, United States
"Brownsville was once home to a thriving Jewish community in 1910, 85% of the areas residents were Jewish, according to Wendell Pritchetts Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews, and the Changing Face of the Ghetto."
Crown Heights, New York, United States
"Crown Heights the epicenter of the Hasidic movement and home to its global headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway seemed like the most logical place to live."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Nonetheless, citing the Crown Heights riots of 1991 which erupted after two Black children were unintentionally struck by a driver who was part of the motorcade of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson Overlander said being Jewish in Brownsville doesn't seem to come with the same baggage as it does in Crown Heights."

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