Flatlands is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. These are the Neighborhoods of Brooklyn, one of five boroughs of New York City, USA The City of New York In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the consolidated city Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The area is part of Brooklyn Community Board 18. Brooklyn Community Board 18 is a local governmental body in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that encompasses the neighborhoods of ^[1]

One of the original five Dutch towns on Long Island (given the right to local rule by Peter Stuyvesant in 1661), this neighborhood was originally known as Nieuw Amersfoort, after the Dutch city of Amersfoort, but the name was changed to "Flatlands" after the British captured the area (future Kings County) from the Dutch in 1664. Peter Stuyvesant (originally Pieter or Petrus, Peter is never mentioned in historical records (c Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The area may have been settled by French Walloons as early as 1623, and by native Lenni-Lenape Native Americans long before that. Walloons (Wallons Walons are a Romance people living in Belgium principally in Wallonia. The shannon (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans were in the 17th century organized bands of Native American peoples with shared cultural and linguistic Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States

Flatlands was originally a farming community where tobacco, corn, squash, and beans were grown, and oysters and clams were harvested from Jamaica Bay. See also Geography and environment of New York City Jamaica Bay is a Lagoon that lies in the shadow of New York City 's skyscrapers and is adjacent

The neighborhood borders are roughly delineated by Flatlands Avenue on the North, Avenue U to the South, Ralph Avenue to the East, and Flatbush Avenue to the West (other sources say Ave. Flatbush Avenue is one of the major avenues in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. H-Ave T. / Ralph Ave. - Nostrand Ave. -- again, N/S/E/W).

Flatlands is one of the few Brooklyn neighborhoods not served by many subway lines; those that do serve it are the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (2 5) at the Junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, and the BMT Brighton Line (B Q) (connected by city buses on Avenue L and Kings Highway). The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line is a Rapid transit line of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, and is served by the and trains running under Nostrand The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The BMT Brighton Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United The B Sixth Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. City bus lines serve the neighborhood.

According to the 2000 census, combined population of Canarsie and Flatlands is roughly 194,653 people (total Brooklyn residents: about 2,465,286). Canarsie is a Neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, United States. Notable residents include NBA star Chris Mullin (graduate of St. Christopher Paul Mullin (born July 30 1963) is a retired American Basketball player and the current General manager of the Thomas Aquinas parish school).

The architectural evidence of colonial origins of the neighborhood

There are several historical structures in Flatlands, including the Hendricks Lott House (East 36th Street between Fillmore Ave and Ave. S, built around 1720), which was a stop on the Underground Railroad, the Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church (Kings Highway and East 40th Street), first built in 1654, and rebuilt twice since (the current church on the site was built in 1848) and the Wyckoff House Museum, the oldest building still standing in New York, which is maintained as a Dutch colonial farmhouse with living history participants, at 5816 Clarendon Road. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States Dutch Reformed Church (in Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk or NHK was one of many branches of churches coming out of the Protestant Reformation in Europe Kings Highway is an avenue runs through the New York City borough of Brooklyn. See also Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claeson Wyckoff House is located at 5816 Clarendon Road in the Flatbush Dutch Colonial is a style of American domestic architecture primarily characterized by Gambrel roofs having curved Eaves along the length of the house Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools activities and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of

The Town of Flatlands was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1896 as its 32nd Ward.

References

External links

• New York Times article on Flatlands
• Wyckoff House Museum website
• History of Flatlands including early Dutch settlers

• The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn, ISBN 0-300-07752-1
• Guide to New York City Landmarks, ISBN 0-471-18289-3