Flatbush
Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally bounded by Prospect Park to the north, East Flatbush to the east, Midwood to the south, and Kensington and Parkville to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter with 93,400 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Flatbush, Brooklyn”, “Flatbush, Long Island”, “Flatbush, New York City”, “Middelwout”, “Middewout”, and “Vlackebos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prospect Park and Brooklyn Museum.
Prospect Park
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prospect Park is in Brooklyn. It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and Prospect Park South.
Brooklyn Museum
Museum
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects.
City University of New York Brooklyn College
University
Photo: Gliendo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a 35-acre campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall 2023.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush and Southwest Brooklyn.
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush are in Brooklyn. In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.
Southwest Brooklyn
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Southwest Brooklyn is a part of Brooklyn, New York City that encompasses the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Kensington, Parkville, and Sunset Park.
Gowanus and Red Hook
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gowanus and Red Hook is in Brooklyn. In addition to Gowanus and Red Hook, this travel guide also covers Carroll Gardens.
Flatbush
- Categories: neighborhood in Brooklyn and locality
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.652° or 40° 39′ 7″ northLongitude
-73.959° or 73° 57′ 33″ westPopulation
93,400Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
87G8M22R+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158875397OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
5117378Wikidata ID
Q840381
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yiddish—“Flatbush” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆլաթբուշ”
- Catalan: “Flatbush”
- Chinese: “夫拉特布什”
- Chinese: “夫拉特布希”
- Chinese: “夫拉特布殊 (布魯克林)”
- Chinese: “富萊布殊村”
- Czech: “Flatbush”
- Dutch: “Flatbush”
- Finnish: “Flatbush”
- French: “Flatbush”
- German: “Flatbush”
- Greek: “Φλάτμπους”
- Haitian: “Flatbush”
- Hebrew: “פלטבוש”
- Irish: “Flatbush”
- Italian: “Flatbush”
- Japanese: “フラットブッシュ (ブルックリン)”
- Japanese: “フラットブッシュ”
- Persian: “فلتبوش، بروکلین”
- Persian: “فلتبوش”
- Polish: “Flatbush”
- Russian: “Флэтбуш (Бруклин)”
- Russian: “Флэтбуш”
- South Azerbaijani: “فلتبوش، بروکلین”
- Spanish: “Flatbush (Brooklyn)”
- Spanish: “Flatbush”
- Swedish: “Flatbush”
- Turkish: “Flatbush”
- Yiddish: “פלעטבוש”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Albemarle–Kenmore Terraces Historic District and Prospect Park South.
Notable Places Nearby
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