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. The modern neighborhood includes or borders several institutions of note, including Brooklyn College.
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, founded in 1654
Flatbush and surrounding Kings County in 1890, shortly before it was annexed into Brooklyn to the north. The irregular and infrequent Flatbush streets have been replaced with a street grid, and its borders have been encroached upon by Green-Wood Cemetery and Prospect Park.
Church and Flatbush, 2013
An aerial view of Ebbets Field
Prospect Park is a 526-acre (2.13 km2) urban park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The park is situated between the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, and Windsor Terrace, and is adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. With an area of 526 acres (213 ha), Prospect Park is the second-largest public park in Brooklyn, behind Marine Park. Designated as a New York City scenic landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Prospect Park is operated by the Prospect Park Alliance and NYC Parks.
Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
The Battle Pass area from the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), an etching circa 1792
Frederick Law Olmsted, as depicted by John Singer Sargent in 1895
Friends Cemetery
