EXHIBIT 5.1


                             Snow Becker Krauss P.C.
                                605 Third Avenue
                          New York, New York 10158-0125


                               September 13, 2000


Crest View, Inc.
1700 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway
Henderson, Nevada 89012

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     You have  requested our opinion with respect to the offer and sale by Crest
View, Inc., a Nevada  corporation  (the  "Company"),  pursuant to a Registration
Statement (the  "Registration  Statement") on Form SB-2 under the Securities Act
of 1933,  as amended  (the  "Act"),  of  1,000,000  shares of Common  Stock (the
"Company  Shares"),  200,000 Class A Redeemable  Common Stock Purchase  Warrants
(the "Company  Class A Warrants")  and 200,000  Class B Redeemable  Common Stock
Purchase Warrants (the "Company Class B Warrants") being registered on behalf of
the Company and 5,000,000  shares of Common Stock (the  "Selling  Securityholder
Shares" and, together with the Company Shares, the "Shares"),  1,000,000 Class A
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the "Selling  Securityholder  Class A
Warrants"  and,  together  with  the  Company  Class A  Warrants,  the  "Class A
Warrants") and 1,000,000 Class B Redeemable  Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the
"Selling Securityholder Class B Warrants" and, together with the Company Class B
Warrants,  the "Class B Warrants" and,  together with the Class A Warrants,  the
"Warrants") being registered on behalf of the selling  securityholders  referred
to in the Registration Statement (the "Selling Securityholders").

     We have examined original,  or copies certified or otherwise  identified to
our satisfaction,  of such documents and corporate and public records as we deem
necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. With respect to such
examination,  we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures appearing on all
documents  presented to us as originals,  and the conformity to the originals of
all documents  presented to us as conformed or reproduced copies.  Where factual
matters  relevant to such opinion were not  independently  established,  we have
relied upon  certificates of executive  officers and  responsible  employees and
agents  of  the  Company  and  of  the  Selling  Securityholders.



     Based on the  foregoing,  it is our opinion  that (i) all of the Shares and
Warrants have been duly authorized; (ii) 3,000,000 of the Selling Securityholder
Shares and the Selling Securityholder Class A Warrants are validly issued, fully
paid and  non-assessable;  (iii)  the  Company  Shares,  the  Company  Warrants,
2,000,000  remaining  Selling  Securityholder  Shares  and  all of  the  Selling
Securityholder  Class B Warrants when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.

     We  hereby  consent  to the  use of  this  opinion  as  Exhibit  5.1 to the
Registration Statement, and to the use of our name as your counsel in connection
with the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus forming a part thereof. In
giving  this  consent,  we do not  thereby  concede  that  we  come  within  the
categories  of persons whose consent is required by the Act or the General Rules
and Regulations promulgated thereunder.

                                            Very truly yours,



                                            SNOW BECKER KRAUSS P.C.