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'''Flatlands''' is a [[List of Brooklyn neighborhoods|neighborhood]] in the southeast part of the [[borough (New York City)|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,<ref name="1832-1909">{{Cite book|title=A history of the city of Brooklyn : including the old towns of Brooklyn, Bushwick, and Williamsburgh|author=Stiles, Henry Reed|date=c. 2009|publisher=Applewood Books|isbn=978-1429022224|location=Carlisle, Mass.|oclc=502030985}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~25380~1020007:Narrows-Jamaica-Bay,-Brooklyn-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=w4s:/where%2FNew%2BYork%2Fwhen%2F1891;q:Kings%2BCounty;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=6&trs=14 |title = Narrows-Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn. - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection}}</ref> Flatlands became part of the City of Brooklyn in 1896.<ref name=":0">{{cite brooklyn}}, p.79</ref>

Flatlands is part of [[Brooklyn Community Board 18|Brooklyn Community District 18]], and its primary [[ZIP Code]] is 11234.<ref name="NYCPlanning"/> It is patrolled by the 63rd Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department]].<ref name="NYPD 63rd Precinct"/> Politically it is represented by the [[New York City Council]]'s 45th and 46th Districts.<ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dc/downloads/pdf/brooklyn.pdf Current City Council Districts for Kings County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131103455/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dc/downloads/pdf/brooklyn.pdf |date=January 31, 2017 }}, [[New York City]]. Accessed May 5, 2017.</ref>

==History==

Flatlands was originally known as Nieuw [[Amersfoort]], after the Dutch city of Amersfoort, and was established as a farming community in 1636 when [[Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven|Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven]] and [[Andries Hudde]] purchased 15,000 acres of land centered on what is now the intersection of Kings Highway and Flatbush Avenue.<ref name="1832-1909"/>

The land was ostensibly purchased from the Native [[Lenape]] people, who had lived near the fishing rich waters of Jamaica Bay for a thousand years. However, it is unlikely that the Lenape leaders, who did not practice the concept of land ownership, understood the agreement to which they were being conjoined. Rather, leaders such as Sachem [[Penhawitz]] more probably believed they were negotiating a treaty regarding the usage of the land. Wealthy Dutch land owners disagreed and within two generations, the once-powerful [[Canarsee]] tribe of the Lenape was brought to near extinction by bloody conflict with Europeans and other tribes, as well as the ravages of disease.

Flatlands was given the right to local rule in 1661 by [[Peter Stuyvesant]] as one of the five Dutch Towns on [[Long Island]].

The town's growth and development came late, largely due to the lack of a transit system or set of roads connecting it with other parts of Brooklyn. 
Flatlands was annexed by the [[city of Brooklyn]] in 1896. At the time, it contained numerous small islands on Jamaica Bay, including [[Mill Basin, Brooklyn|Mill Island]], [[Bergen Beach, Brooklyn|Bergen Island]], and [[Barren Island, Brooklyn|Barren Island]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Land use ===
Crops typically grown in the area were beans, corn, marsh hay, squash, potato bean and tobacco. Oysters and clams were also farmed and harvested from [[Jamaica Bay]], surrounding marshes and basins. The land-controlling families of Nieuw Amersfoort also kept black slaves to work their farms until the state declared emancipation of all slaves in 1827, after which black laborers took up farming jobs, many times on the farms they worked on as slaves.<ref name="brooklynonline.com">{{Cite web | url=http://brooklynonline.com/history/hubbard.html |title = Flatlands Historic Hubbards Lane}}</ref>

=== Historic buildings ===
[[File:EuropeanBUilding1238a.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Colonial architectural details in Flatlands]]
Historic homes dated to the 18th century include the [[Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven House]] and [[Joost Van Nuyse House]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>

Other historic structures are the [[Hendrick I. Lott House]] (East 36th Street between Fillmore Ave and Ave. S, built around 1720), which was a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2018}}, and the [[Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church]], founded by Pieter Clausen Wycoff.

== Demographics==
Based on data from the [[2010 United States Census]], the population of Flatlands was 64,762, a decrease of 1,964 (2.9%) from the 66,726 counted in 2000. Covering an area of {{convert|1249.32|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|51.8|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.<ref name=PLP5>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610175331/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division - [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 18.2% (11,793) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 66.3% (42,935) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% (158) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.0% (2,577) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% (16) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.5% (334) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.8% (1,196) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 8.9% (5,753) of the population.<ref name=PLP3A>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170733/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division - [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The entirety of Community District 18, which comprises [[Canarsie, Brooklyn|Canarsie]] and Flatlands, had 165,543 inhabitants as of [[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|NYC Health]]'s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 82.0 years.<ref name="CHP2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-bk18.pdf|title=Flatlands and Canarsie (Including Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Flatlands, Georgetown, Marine Park and Mill Basin)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} This is slightly higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf|title=2016-2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020|date=2016|website=[[government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene]]|access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref>{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}}<ref>{{cite web | title=New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives | website=New York Post | date=June 4, 2017 | url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ | access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> Most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth: 25% are between the ages of 0–17, 29% between 25 and 44, and 24% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 9% and 13% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|2}}

As of 2016, the median [[household income]] in Community District 18 was $76,647.<ref name="CB18PUMA">{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3604009-nyc-brooklyn-community-district-18-canarsie-flatlands-puma-ny/|title=NYC-Brooklyn Community District 18--Canarsie & Flatlands PUMA, NY|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, an estimated 15% of Community District 18 residents lived in poverty, compared to 21% in all of Brooklyn and 20% in all of New York City. One in eleven residents (9%) were unemployed, compared to 9% in the rest of both Brooklyn and New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 50% in Community District 18, lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 52% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, Community District 18 is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not [[gentrification|gentrifying]].<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|7}}

The 2020 census data from [[New York City Department of City Planning]] showed that there were 40,000+ Black residents, the White and Hispanic populations were each between 5,000 to 9,999 residents, and the Asian residents were less than 5000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/nyc-population/census2020/dcp_2020-census-briefing-booklet-1.pdf|title=Key Population & Housing Characteristics; 2020 Census Results for New York City|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|date=August 2021|access-date=November 7, 2021|pages=21, 25, 29, 33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Map: Race and ethnicity across the US | website=CNN | date=August 14, 2021 | url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/us/census-race-ethnicity-map/ | access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref>

==Shopping district==
[[File:Flatlands Av East 20 - Ave N End.jpg|thumb|250px|End of Avenue N at Flatlands Avenue]]
The main shopping streets in Flatlands are [[Utica Avenue]], [[Flatbush Avenue]], Avenue N, and Ralph Avenue. Residents also commonly shop at the nearby [[indoor mall]], [[Kings Plaza]], located at the border of Flatlands and [[Marine Park, Brooklyn|Marine Park]], while being across the water from the neighborhood of [[Mill Basin, Brooklyn|Mill Basin]].

== Police and crime ==

Flatlands is patrolled by the [[New York City Police Department]]'s 63rd Precinct. The precinct also covers Marine Park, Mill Basin, and Bergen Beach.<ref name="NYPD 63rd Precinct">{{Cite web|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/63rd-precinct.page|title=NYPD – 63rd Precinct|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> The 63rd Precinct ranked 31st safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/brooklyn/flatlands/|title=Flatlands – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report|website=www.dnainfo.com|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415063027/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/brooklyn/flatlands|archive-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, with a non-fatal assault rate of 46 per 100,000 people, Community District 18's rate of [[violent crime]]s per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 380 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|8}}

The 63rd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 82.7% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 1 murder, 10 rapes, 114 robberies, 170 felony assaults, 119 burglaries, 537 grand larcenies, and 135 grand larcenies auto in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-063pct.pdf|title=63rd Precinct CompStat Report|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref>

== Fire safety ==
The [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY)'s Engine Co. 309/Ladder Co. 159 is located at 1851 East 48th Street.<ref>{{cite web | website=FDNYtrucks.com | title=Engine Company 309/Ladder Company 159 | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e309.htm | access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite FDNY locations}}</ref>

== Health ==
[[Preterm birth]]s are more common in Community District 18 than in other places citywide, though births to teenage mothers are less common. In Community District 18, there were 89 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 11.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|11}} Community District 18 has a relatively low population of residents who are [[Health insurance coverage in the United States|uninsured]], or who receive healthcare through [[Medicaid]].<ref>[http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/dsrip/pps_applications/docs/maimonides_medical_center/3.8_maimonides_cna.pdf New York City Health Provider Partnership Brooklyn Community Needs Assessment: Final Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064434/https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/dsrip/pps_applications/docs/maimonides_medical_center/3.8_maimonides_cna.pdf |date=July 23, 2018 }}, [[New York Academy of Medicine]] (October 3, 2014).</ref> In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 21%, which is higher than the citywide rate of 12%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|14}}

The concentration of [[particulates|fine particulate matter]], the deadliest type of [[air pollution|air pollutant]], in Community District 18 is {{convert|0.0071|mg/m3|oz/ft3}}, lower than the citywide and boroughwide averages.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|9}} Fifteen percent of Community District 18 residents are [[Smoking|smokers]], which is slightly higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|13}} In Community District 18, 30% of residents are [[Obesity|obese]], 14% are [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetic]], and 37% have [[hypertension|high blood pressure]]—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|16}} In addition, 21% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|12}}

Eighty-one percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is lower than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 77% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", slightly less than the city's average of 78%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|13}} For every supermarket in Community District 18, there are 9 [[convenience store|bodegas]].<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|10}}

== Post offices and ZIP Code ==
Flatlands is covered by [[ZIP Code]] 11234.<ref>{{cite web | title=NYC Neighborhood ZIP Code Definitions | website=New York State Department of Health | date=November 7, 2014 | url=https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/cancer/registry/appendix/neighborhoods.htm | access-date=March 5, 2019 | archive-date=March 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327233549/https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/cancer/registry/appendix/neighborhoods.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[United States Post Office]]'s Canarsie Station is located at 10201 Flatlands Avenue,<ref>{{cite web|title=Location Details: Canarsie|website=USPS.com|url= https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11226&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1356842&locationName=CANARSIE&address2=&address1=10201+FLATLANDS+AVE| access-date = June 20, 2018}}</ref> while the Ryder Station is located at 2222 Flatbush Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Location Details: Ryder |url=https://tools.usps.com/locations/details/1380181 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=USPS.com}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[File:Flatlands Av East 22 - PS 207 Annex.jpg|thumb|250px|PS 207 Annex]]
Community District 22 generally has a similar ratio of college-educated residents to the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. Though 40% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 13% have less than a high school education and 48% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 40% of Brooklynites and 38% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}

Community District 22's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is slightly lower than the rest of New York City.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/BK_18_11.pdf|title=Flatlands/Canarsie – BK 18|date=2011|publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]]|access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref>{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}}<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}

===Schools===
Flatlands contains the following public elementary schools that serve grades PK-5 unless otherwise indicated:<ref name="Zillow">{{cite web | last=Zillow | title=Flatlands New York School Ratings and Reviews | website=Zillow | url=https://www.zillow.com/flatlands-new-york-ny/schools/ | access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 119 Amersfort<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 119 Amersfort | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K119 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 203 Floyd Bennett<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K203 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 251 Paerdegat<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 251 Paerdegat | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K251 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 326 (grades PK-2)<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 326 | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K326 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>

The following schools are located nearby:<ref name="Zillow"/>
* PS 207 Elizabeth G Leary (grades PK-8), in Marine Park<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 207 Elizabeth G. Leary | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K207 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 222 Katherine R Snyder (grades PK-5), in Marine Park<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 222 Katherine R. Snyder | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K222 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 236 Mill Basin (grades PK-5), in Mill Basin<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 236 Mill Basin | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K236 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 312 Bergen Beach (grades PK-5), in Bergen Beach<ref>{{cite web | title=P.S. 312 Bergen Beach | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K312 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
* JHS 78 Roy H Mann (grades 6–8), in Bergen Beach<ref>{{cite web | title=J.H.S. 078 Roy H. Mann | website=New York City Department of Education | date=December 19, 2018 | url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K078 | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>
*South Shore High School Education Complex
*S.J. Tilden High School Education Campus
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* [[Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School]] (grades 9–12), in Canarsie

===Libraries===
[[File:BPL Flatlands Av P jeh.JPG|thumb|250px|Brooklyn Public Library, Flatlands branch]]
The [[Brooklyn Public Library]] (BPL) has two branches in Flatlands. The Flatlands branch is located at 2065 Flatbush Avenue near Avenue P. It was opened in a former Prudential Savings Bank branch in 1949, and moved to its current {{convert|6,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} space in 1955.<ref>{{cite web | title=Flatlands Library | website=Brooklyn Public Library | date=August 19, 2011 | url=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/flatlands | access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>

The Paerdegat branch is located at 850 East 59th Street near Paerdegat Avenue South. It opened in 1950 and moved to its current building in 1959.<ref>{{cite web | title=Paerdegat Library | website=Brooklyn Public Library | date=August 22, 2011 | url=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/paerdegat | access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Transportation==
No [[New York City Subway]] service runs into Flatlands. Many residents live within walking distance of the [[IRT Nostrand Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Nostrand}}), however, which terminates at the junction of [[Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station|Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues]]; others use buses to get to the [[BMT Brighton Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Brighton}}) or the [[BMT Canarsie Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Canarsie}}). Local and [[New York City Transit buses#Express service|express buses]] are also used as a means of travel in and around the area. {{As of|August 2019}}, the buses that serve Flatlands are the {{NYC bus link|B2|B6|B7|B9|B41|B44|B44 SBS|B46|B46 SBS|B47|B82|B82 SBS|B100|B103|BM1|BM2|Q35|prose=y}}.<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
{{Category see also|People from Flatlands, Brooklyn}}
*[[Neil Bogart]] (1943–1982), founder of [[Casablanca Records]], was raised in the [[Glenwood Houses]] project in Flatlands<ref>Contrera, Al. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8NtZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT263 ''Hushabye: The Mystics, the Music, and the Mob''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228033942/https://books.google.com/books?id=8NtZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT263 |date=December 28, 2022 }}, p. 263. [[Balboa Press]], 2018. {{ISBN|9781982200282}}. Accessed August 13, 2019. "Bogart (Neil Scott Bogatz) was born in the same neighborhood as Joe, Bruce and Eddie, and there was this connection that occurs whenever you meet a fellow Brooklynite. He grew up in the Glenwood housing projects in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, the same area as Joe, Eddie and Bruce."</ref>
*[[Roy DeMeo]] (1942–1983), [[Gambino crime family]] member<ref>Kennedy, David. [https://books.google.com/books?id=P32UDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT143 ''The Men of Honor''], p. 143. Accessed August 13, 2019. Diamondback Publishers International, 2018. {{ISBN|9781386305439}}. "But the Brooklyn faction had a crew that was even more violent, some were certifiable psychopaths, led by capo Roy DeMeo. Working out of the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, DeMeo, who was a trained butcher by trade, had taught his young proteges how to kill cleanly and efficiently."</ref>
*[[Leonard DiMaria]] (born 1941), mobster and [[Caporegime]] in the [[Gambino crime family]]<ref>[[Selwyn Raab|Raab, Selwyn]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/19/nyregion/reputed-new-gambino-boss-is-arrested.html "Reputed New Gambino Boss Is Arrested"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813150355/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/19/nyregion/reputed-new-gambino-boss-is-arrested.html |date=August 13, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 19, 1996. Accessed August 13, 2019. "Another major defendant in the case is Leonard DiMaria, 55, who officials say is Mr. Corozzo's right-hand capo who recently took command of Mr. Corozzo's old Brooklyn crew. Mr. DiMaria was arrested by the F.B.I. at his home in Flatlands, Brooklyn."</ref>
*[[Abner Louima]] (born 1966), Haitian immigrant and father, brutally assaulted by NYPD
*[[Chris Mullin (basketball)|Chris Mullin]] (born 1963), former [[NBA]] basketball player, was born and raised in Flatlands.<ref>[[Dave Anderson (sportswriter)|Anderson, Dave]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/16/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-mullins-live-a-family-fantasy.html "Sports Of The Times; The Mullins Live A Family Fantasy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813150354/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/16/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-mullins-live-a-family-fantasy.html |date=August 13, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 16, 1985. Accessed August 13, 2019. "It's known as basketball, but it's really rimball. That's what the players shoot at - a rim, not a basket. Chris Mullin learned to shoot by aiming at the rim on the garage in the driveway of his Brooklyn home.... A rim is a rim is a rim - 18 inches in diameter. But the battered old rim on the Mullin garage is now a shrine in the Flatlands neighborhood."</ref>
*[[Steven Van Voorhees]] (1600–1684), magistrate, first Voorhees in America
*[[Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven|Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven]] (1579–1662), New Netherland colonist and the original patentee.

==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Further reading'''
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/realestate/01LIVI.html?pagewanted=print&position= ''New York Times'' article on Flatlands]
*[http://www.brooklynonline.com/history/hubbard.html History of Flatlands including early Dutch settlers]
*Manbeck, John B. and [[Kenneth T. Jackson|Jackson, Kenneth T.]] ''The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.  {{ISBN|0-300-07752-1}}
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Flatlands, Brooklyn}}

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