Flatlands, Brooklyn

Flatlands
Flatlands
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
	Jans Martense Schenck house, Flatlands, built 1675, formerly at Avenue U and East 63rd Street
	Location in New York City
	Coordinates: 40°37′16″N 73°56′06″W / 40.621°N 73.935°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Community District	Brooklyn 18
Area
• Total	2.2800 sq mi (5.9053 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	64,762
• Density	28,000/sq mi (11,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• Black	66.3%
• White	18.2
• Hispanic	8.9
• Asian	4.0
• Other	2.6
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	11234
Area codes	718, 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]

^ ^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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^ 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.
^ "Narrows-Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn. - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection".
^ Manbeck, John B. (2008), Brooklyn: Historically Speaking, Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, ISBN 978-1-59629-500-1, p.79
^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 63rd Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Current City Council Districts for Kings County Archived January 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.