Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City of Brooklyn. It is a residential and commercial district. Brooklyn Community Board 8 is a local government body in the New York City (NYC) borough of Brooklyn. As of the United States census of 2000, the community Board had a population of 96,076 with 2,992 people living in Crown Heights (Crown Heights). Males were 1,468 comprising 49.1% and females 1,524 comprising 50.9%. The average family size was 3.29. The population density was 539.8 people per square kilometer. The population is broken down as 40.85 children under 18 years old, 64% married couples, 11.3% female householders with no husband present, 20.1% nonfamily holders, 16.8% males along and 6.5% above 65 years living alone(Crown Heights). Health centers that fall in Crown Heights include: St. John’s Episcopal Hospital that offers General Hospital and Clinic services, Centre for Nursing and Rehabilitation that provides general residential adult care for seniors and disabled individuals, Marcus Garvey Nursing Home that gives residential adult care for seniors and disabled individuals, American Red Cross in Greater New York, Brooklyn chapter that offers disaster services, safety and health training transportation services to the elderly, Brooklyn AIDS Task Force (BATF) that deals with infections disease prevention and support services, Crown Height Children Clinic which offers primary and preventive Health care services from 0-18 years old children, Parkway Family Health Centre that provides prenatal care, pediatrics, adolescent care, nutrition, immunization and internal medicine, Pierre Toussaint Family Health centre that gives various clinics and services and the newly build Crown heights medical centre which provides clinics and services. St. John’s Episcopal Hospital gives various patient services. It is also a multi-site community teaching health care system that provides services ranging from medical, surgical, gynecological, dental, psychiatric, and pediatric (branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases. Yearly it serves over 250,000 patients representing all racial, ethnic, and national origin in Brooklyn. It has an Emergency services department that cares for nearly 3,000 patient visits each month. The facility is 7,500 square food consisting of 21 entire treatment areas. It has a specific area for orthopedics, isolation cases, critical and specialized care, pediatrics, and has a separate psychiatric emergency room for psychiatric patients in crisis. It serves both mentally ill and substance abuse patients. St. Johns Episcopal hospital also has prenatal care services. There are also health education services touching on substance abuse detoxification and rehabilitation services. Marcus Garvey Nursing Home has a 295-bed skilled nursing facility. The home provides services in physical therapy, occupational therapy, dental care, wound care, podiatry, and so forth. Centre for Nursing and Rehabilitation is voluntary and non-profit-orientated. It provides care services to the elderly, frail, and chronically ill. The services provided include Nursing, Rehabilitation, wound care, respiratory care, substance abuse referrals, and so forth. Astros are Diagnostic and Treatment Centre offers diagnostic, medical, mental Health, and rehabilitative services. Brooklyn Plaza Medical Centre provides family medicine, dentistry, healthcare, HIV/AIDS