The Pearl Street Neighborhood

More recently known as Crownbrook
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Crownbrook,
​Socially Speaking

Crownbrook Profile

  1. About Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. ​First Modern Settlers, around 1860
    2. Major Growth Started around 1873
    3. Known for plentiful backyard gardens through much of the 1900s
  2. ​Other Names for Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. Pearl Street Neighborhood 
    2. No other names are reputed for this neighborhood
  3. Streets in Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. Barnes St
    2. Beacon St
    3. Bishop St, Aka School Lane
    4. Bronson St
    5. Burton St
    6. Butler St
    7. Byrneside Ave
    8. Cooke St
    9. Crown St
    10. Elizabeth St
    11. Fleet St
    12. Grove St
    13. Hawkins St
    14. Hopkins St
    15. Inman Ave No 1
    16. Inman Ave No 2
    17. Matson Ct
    18. North Barnes St
    19. North Beacon St
    20. North Main St
    21. Pearl St
    22. Pilgrim Ave
    23. Pine St
    24. Sarsfield St
    25. Summer St
  4. Crownbrook Neighborhood Highlights
    1. Community Garden
  5. Safety in Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. ​Crownbrook is not known to be as safe as other neighborhoods within the City of Waterbury
  6. Parks in Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. ​Borders Lewis Fulton Memorial Park
  7. Natural Water in Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. ​Little Brook
  8. Demographic Profile of Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. Inhabited largely by Irish and German immigrants in the mid 1800s through the early 1900s 
    2.  Inhabited in the early to mid 1900s, especially in the northern and eastern sections, predominantly by Italian immigrants
    3. Immigrants from Russia and Poland added to the population around the mid 1900s
    4. In the late 1900s, immigrants from France, Jerusalem, and Sweden added to the now more diverse pouplation
  9. Features of Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. ​Mostly residential
    2. Some small businesses
  10. Crownbrook Neighborhood Association
    1. Pearl Street Neighborhood Club (PSNC)
      1. ​President, Orton P. Camp, 1943
      2. President - Florence Wright, 1931
      3. Vice-President - Ruby King, 1931
      4. Secretary - Cynthia Mott, 1931
      5. Treasurer - Cynthia Mott, 1931
      6. Committees
        1. ​Ways and Means Committee - Chair John Holmes, 1931
        2. General Committee - Chair Elden McEntyre, 1931
        3.  Program Committee - Mabel Harvey, 1931
        4. Song Committee - Milton Wyrick, 1931
      7. ​Clubs of the Pearl Street Neighborhood Club
        1. ​Vagabond Club
      8. Supervisor - Leila T. Alexander, 1924 - 1943
      9. ​Supervisor - Maybelle Ward, 1943
    2. Pearl Street Neighborhood Association
      1. ​The Waterbury Democrat, November 18, 1940, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (loc.gov)
    3. Pearl Street Neighborhood House
    4. Pearl Street Community Civic League
      1. ​Officers
        1. ​William M. Harris, Treasurer (1935-1936)
        2. Benjamin Lassiter, Chairman (1935-1936)
        3. John Andrews, Vice-Chairman (1936-1937)
        4. Inez L. Alexander, Secretary (1936-1937)
        5. Luther MacDonald, Treasurer (1936-1937)
      2. ​Meetings
        1. ​May 12th, 1936
      3. ​Committees
        1. ​Women's Study Club
    5. Crownbrook Neighborhood Association (CNA)
    6. Neighborhood House Committee
      1. Founded circa 1924
      2. Still in operation in 1949
      3. Currently defunct
    7. Good Neighborhood Group 
      1. ​Existed circa 1947
  11. Events
    1. Saturday, ​November 6th, 1931; Masquerade
    2. Monday, November 2nd, 1931; meeting of the Vagabond Club
    3. Tuesday, October 26th, 1931; meeting of the Vagabond Club
  12. Partners and Supporters of Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. Crownbrook Neighborhood Association (CNA)
    2. Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury (NHSW)
    3. The Lions Club
    4. The Good Neighbor Group
  13. Notable People from Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. There are no known notable people from Crownbrook
  14. Significant Structures in Crownbrook Neighborhood
    1. ​Bishop School
    2. Saint Thomas School
  15. Crownbrook Neighborhood Online
    1. ​There is no known online presence which is dedicated to the Crownbrook neighborhood.

Crownbrook
​Archived News

North End District
Crown Brook Neighborhood
​March 23, 2025
Firefighters Respond to Early Morning Structure Fire in Waterbury
Emergency crews were dispatched to Burton Street this morning, responding to reports of a structure fire.  The fire required a response from local firefighters, who worked to extinguish the blaze and secure the scene.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation by local authorities.

North End District
Crown Brook Neighborhood
2nd alarm fire in vacant Waterbury building spreads to another homeFOX61; video, article; 2024.01.01
​North End District
Crown Brook Neighborhood
​807 North Main Street
North End District
Crownbrook Neighborhood
​Sanchez-Martinez and Sosa-Ortiz Jailed
​for fentanyl and heroin trafficking
Newport Dispatch; article; 20230318
North End District
Crownbrook Neighborhood
Forestry Program is Launched
Crownbrook is Not Too Shady
NHSW (nhswaterbury.org); 20220922
North End District
Crownbrook Neighborhood
Pearl Street Neighborhood House Marks 25 Years of Progress
​New England bulletin. (Hartford, Conn.)
​April 09, 1949
Chronicling America
Library of Congress (loc.gov)
North End District
Crownbrook Neighborhood
​Housing Segregation of Negros Opposed
​The Waterbury Democrat
​April 20, 1938
Chronicling America
Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Back in the Day (brasscitylife.org)
​Demographics (point2homes.com)

Crownbrook Neighbor-hood Association

Crownbrook Neighborhood Association
Fanny Marrone
36 Summer St.
F14@snet.net
(203) 525-0824 (203) 757-0022
[data per WaterburyCT.org as of 2024.03.02]

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More Crownbrook Pages​

Hartford chronicle. (Hartford, Conn.)
​February 01, 1947
Chronicling America
Library of Congress (loc.gov)

Did You Know?

Piano, Badminton, Citizenship, and Literacy were all part of the extra curriculum classes that were taught at the Pearl Street Neighborhood House in 1941.

By-Gone Businesses

Race Relations Week in 14th Year

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Waterbury Democrat, February 10th, 1936
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