History of SITE

The neighborhood of Crown Heights, and the smaller microcommunity of Weeksville contained within it, are today part of teh densely populated metropolis of Brooklyn, New York. Housing more the 300,000 residents in its four-squaremile boundaries, or over 10% of the borough’s population of two and half million, the history of the founding, development, and expansion of this urban location has been largely influenced by a single factor: its once formidable and challenging topography. [1]

Weeksville was one of the first African American communities in america, founded in early 1830s, shortly after New York eliminated slavery in 1827.