Remsen Village, also formerly known as Rugby, is a neighborhood in central

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. It comprises the eastern part of the larger neighborhood of

East Flatbush East Flatbush is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. East Flatbush is bounded by Crown Heights and Empire Boulevard to the north; Brownsville and East 98th Street to the east; Flatlands, Canarsie and the ...

area, and is administered by

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Name

Although it has been described as a "subsection of the larger

neighborhood," with an estimated 60,000 residents. it has it own identity as "the Remsen Village neighborhood of Brooklyn" and also as "Rugby-Remsen Village. Use of the name ''Remsen Village'' by residents and local organizations began before the 1970s, but more widespread use appears to have originated in the mid-1990s, with identification continuing a decade later and into 2019. The name "Rugby" (also the name of a road within the area) was described in 2016 by the New York Times as "the old name for the area."

Location

Related to the above namings are references such as * "Remsen Village, located between East Flatbush and Brownsville." * "Remsen Village (East Flatbush)/Canarsie" * "the Remsen Village section of East Flatbush"

Population

Remsen Village's population is over one third of

's, the administrative unit to which it belongs, along with "East Flatbush, ... Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus and Ditmas Village."

Geographic recognition

The name is used as a geographic unit in

encompassing a 2+ mile distance.

Government recognition

* The

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lists Remsen Village as being part of District 17, * NYS Assemblymember Diana C. Richardson (Assembly District 43) identified her district as including East Flatbush, Northeast Flatbush, Rugby, Farragut/Hyde Park, Remsen Village, Ditmas Village

History

Two Remsen lanes

Brooklyn has a Remsen Street in one neighborhood (

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), and a Remsen Avenue in another (

Canarsie Canarsie ( ) is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin and East 108th Street; on the north by Linden Boulevard; on the west by Ralph Aven ...

); both are named after a Dutch family "that was among the early settlers of" the borough. An article about the aforementioned cites a book named "The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn" which refers to ''Remsen Village.''

Lower-case neighborhood

One real-estate source referred to Flatbush having "eleven neighborhoods" "many no larger than a few square blocks;" Remsen Village is much larger.

References

{{authority control Neighborhoods in Brooklyn East Flatbush, Brooklyn