Central Brooklyn

Central Brooklyn consists of several neighborhoods often grouped together because of their large populations of African Americans and Caribbean Americans. Central Brooklyn is the largest collection of black communities in both New York City and the United States.^[1] These neighborhoods include:

Bedford-Stuyvesant, which broadly includes smaller communities such as
- Ocean Hill
- Stuyvesant Heights
Crown Heights, which includes smaller communities such as
- Weeksville
East Flatbush, which may be grouped together with the smaller neighborhood of Wingate
Flatbush, which broadly includes smaller communities such as
- Ditmas Park
- Prospect Lefferts Gardens
- Prospect Park South

Other communities that may be included in a broader definition of Central Brooklyn are:

Central Brooklyn is centered in the following zip codes:

11203
11213
11216
11221
11225
11226
11233
11238

References[]

^ Ford Fessenden, Sam Roberts. "Then as Now — New York's Shifting Ethnic Mosaic". New York Times. Retrieved June 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] Ford Fessenden, Sam Roberts. "Then as Now — New York's Shifting Ethnic Mosaic". New York Times. Retrieved June 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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