This vibrant and diverse community has just about anything you could want on a summer stroll. From great – and cheap! – food to spacious gardens, the city’s second largest museum, an abundance of specialty stores catering to Jewish and Caribbean residents, and vibrant nightlife, Crown Heights makes for a great day trip on the fly.
Last night Amy Sohn crossed Brooklyn’s psychic divider – Flatbush Avenue – into Crown Heights. At Franklin Park’s Reading Series, the Park Slope maven read from her book Prospect Park West, which has caused a stir among the swanky slope set.
After reading a passage from her novel that takes place at Southpaw – whose investors also own Franklin Park – she read a passage that references a character’s fixation on Roman Polanski, which was written and released before the 76 year-old director was jailed recently on a 30 year old charge of statutory rape. Sohn made sure the crowd knew she doesn’t share that fixation with her character. Watch the video after the jump.
The Franklin Park Reading Series in Crown Heights continues this coming Monday October 19, featuring a night of readings by local authors and comedians. Find out who is reading after the jump.
Stories of a World War II era familial dispute, unhappy wine making, a teacher’s experience in Japan and the automated prediction of oil futures will fill the summer air at Franklin Park’s monthly reading series when authors Erin Einhorn, Alice Feiring, Alyssa Pinsker and Teddy Wayne read selections from their novels on Monday, July 20.
A toast from one bar to the other. St. John’s Place neighbors Franklin Park and the Manhattans bury the hachet and talk about the area’s expanding nightlife options.
