Central Brooklyn consists of several neighborhoods often grouped together because of their large populations of
African Americans and
Caribbean Americans. Central Brooklyn is the largest collection of black communities in both New York City and the United States.
These neighborhoods include:
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Bedford-Stuyvesant, which broadly includes smaller communities such as
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Ocean Hill
** Stuyvesant Heights
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Crown Heights, which includes smaller communities such as
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Weeksville
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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 ...
, which may be grouped together with the smaller neighborhood of
Wingate
Wingate may refer to:
Places
New Zealand
* Wingate, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt
United Kingdom
* Wingate, County Durham
* Wingate Quarry, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham
* Old Wingate, County Durham
* Wingat ...
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Flatbush, which broadly includes smaller communities such as
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Ditmas Park
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Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Prospect Lefferts Gardens is a residential neighborhood in the Flatbush area of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The community is bounded by Empire Boulevard (formerly Malbone Street) to the north, Clarkson Avenue to the south, New Yor ...
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Prospect Park South
Prospect Park South is a small neighborhood in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, located south of Prospect Park. It is included within the Prospect Park South Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation ...
Other communities that may be included in a broader definition of Central Brooklyn are:
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Brownsville
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Canarsie
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Clinton Hill
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East New York
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough li ...
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Fort Greene
Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the wes ...
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Prospect Heights
Central Brooklyn is centered in the following zip codes:
* 11203
* 11213
* 11216
* 11221
* 11225
* 11226
* 11233
* 11238
* 11233
References
Neighborhoods in Brooklyn
Brooklyn-related lists
Lists of populated places in New York (state)
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