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Flatlands, Brooklyn

Flatlands
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
Jans Martense Schenck house, Flatlands, built 1675, formerly at Avenue U and East 63rd Street
Jans Martense Schenck house, Flatlands, built 1675, formerly at Avenue U and East 63rd Street
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Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°37′16″N 73°56′06″W / 40.621°N 73.935°W / 40.621; -73.935
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Community DistrictBrooklyn 18[1]
Area
 • Total
2.2800 sq mi (5.9053 km2)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total
64,762
 • Density28,000/sq mi (11,000/km2)
Ethnicity
[3]
 • Black66.3%
 • White18.2
 • Hispanic8.9
 • Asian4.0
 • Other2.6
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
11234
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917

Flatlands is a neighborhood in the southeast part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The current neighborhood borders are roughly defined by the Bay Ridge Branch to the north, Avenue U to the south, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Flatbush Avenue to the southwest.

Originally an independent town,[4][5] Flatlands became part of the City of Brooklyn in 1896.[6]

Flatlands is part of Brooklyn Community District 18, and its primary ZIP Code is 11234.[1] It is patrolled by the 63rd Precinct of the New York City Police Department.[7] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 45th and 46th Districts.[8]

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
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  4. ^ Stiles, Henry Reed (c. 2009). A history of the city of Brooklyn : including the old towns of Brooklyn, Bushwick, and Williamsburgh. Carlisle, Mass.: Applewood Books. ISBN 978-1429022224. OCLC 502030985.
  5. ^ "Narrows-Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn. - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection".
  6. ^ Manbeck, John B. (2008), Brooklyn: Historically Speaking, Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, ISBN 978-1-59629-500-1, p.79
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 63rd Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Current City Council Districts for Kings County Archived January 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.

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