Home to many of Brooklyn’s museums and boasting the influence of a strong Caribbean community, Crown Heights adds a dash of spice to Brooklyn’s varied mix of neighborhoods. Crown Heights was one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Brooklyn at the turn of the last century, and the alluring architecture of that era, along with new residential development, is attracting newcomers and spurring rapid change. The neighborhood's small businesses continue to infuse its streets with vigor, as Crown Heights sheds its less-than-glamorous past