Flatbush

Flatbush is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City. It is contained within Kings County, New York State, which is coterminous with Brooklyn Borough. It is located in the far southwestern part of Long Island.

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Borough - Brooklyn - New York City - County - New York - Long Island

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Flatbush is centrally located within the Borough and County. The Flatbush Post Office is assigned postal zone (ZIP Code) 11226, but the area understood as included in Flatbush is rather larger than the postal zone. Well-known institutions within Flatbush include Erasmus Hall High School, the Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn College, and Ebbets Field, last Brooklyn home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, long since demolished. Flatbush includes the southernmost portion of Prospect Park.

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ZIP Code - Erasmus Hall High School - Brooklyn College - Ebbets Field - Brooklyn Dodgers - Prospect Park

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The name Flatbush is an Anglicization of the Dutch language Vladbos (approximately wooded land).

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