East Flatbush is a dynamic neighborhood that was once considered an amalgam of several smaller neighborhoods. The western section of today’s East Flatbush was originally part of the Dutch town ...

Flatbush, once called Midwout, grew from Dutch farmland into Brooklyn’s Victorian suburbs and today’s diverse neighborhoods.

Image via Zoom screenshot of LPC hearing The districts reflect the history of suburban expansion in Flatbush, which took shape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Caratzas said. Flatbush was an ...