Flatbush Environment

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Environment

Location

The neighborhood is located in central Brooklyn. To the North is Parkside Avenue. It is bordered on the East by Nostrand Avenue and on the West by Coney Island Avenue. To the South is Avenue H.

The Flatbush zip codes are 11203 (East Flatbush), 11210, 11225, and 1226. In the New York City system, Flatbush is considered District 40, Kings County. Traveling to Flatbush from anywhere in New York City is easy. One can take the Q train or the B train to Church Avenue. The Flatbush post office is located at 2273 Church Avenue. It is considered to be a Historic Landmark. Flatbush has two police precinct. The first one is the New York City Police 67th Prescient. This precinct is technically considered to be a part of Eat Flatbush, and is located at 2820 Snyder Avenue, in between Rogers Avenue and Toussaint Louverture Boulevard. The second precinct is the New York City Police 71st precinct, located at 421 Empire Boulevard. Flatbush General Hospital is located at 719 Linden Boulevard.

There are a few schools in Flatbush. Erasmus Hall High School is located on Flatbush and Church. Brooklyn College is located on Bedford Avenue at 2900 Bedford Avenue. This college is part of the CUNY public school system. There is also a Yeshivah, The Yeshivah of Flatbush, located at 919 East Tenth Street.

Flatbush also has a number of facilities and organizations that provide a communal feeling and a place for children and families to meet. The Flatbush YMCA is located at 1401 Flatbush Avenue. It has a financial aid program supported through the Strong Kids Campaign. There is a Boys and Girls club at 2245 Bedford Avenue, which advertises itself as providing after school programs for children in “bad neighborhoods”. ^[1]

Historic Districts: There are a few districts in Flatbush that have been designated as Historic Districts by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). The most recent designated district, as Historic by the LPC is Fisk Terrace- Midwood Park. It is New York City’s91st historic district. It lies in between Foster Avenue and Avenue H, consists of 250 eclectic houses, a majority of which were completed and moved into by 1914. Oil merchant George B. Fisk was a primary developer of the community. The houses were built reflecting the Colonial Revival and Dutch Colonial Revival styles. The houses were built in three typical styles. The foursquare was crowned by a “hipped or pyramidal roof”. The temple-house had a front-facing gable, and the Bungalow had a deep porch, was built low, and had tapered columns.^[2] The Ditmas Park district is another historic district. It is a suburban housing development, characterized by its freestanding Victorian homes built in the 1900’s.^[3]

References

1. ↑ http://www.madisonsquare.org/clubhouses/flatbush.php
2. ↑ http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/2008/03/fiske-terrace-midwood-park-historic.html
3. ↑ http://www.ditmas-park.info/

Environment - Culture - Commerce & Economy - History - Demographic - Flatbush Housing - Health