Talk:Flatbush, Brooklyn

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It is located in the far southwestern part of Long Island.??

is this correct? gevaldik! 01:06, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

In terms of the entire island, yes. The island is ~100 miles long. There are a few Brooklyn communities to the south and west but the overall description is correct. -- Cecropia 02:40, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Technically, this is true, but it is not a useful description, because all of Brooklyn is in the very Southwest of Long Island. I'm changing it. --Dwinetsk 16:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

This page currently says "Today, it is the largest Caribbean community." The largest Caribbean community where? In Brooklyn? In New York? In the U.S.? Outside the Caribbean? I'm going to change this to "Today, it is known for having a large and vibrant Caribbean community," until someone can figure out the context of the original statement and whether it is true or not. --Dwinetsk 16:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neighborhoods

I'd also add, that it would be great if someone more knowledgable than myself could put a section distinguishing Flatbush the neighborhood from Flatbush the area which includes several other neighborhoods and then could list them all. I'm assuming the complete list would like something like as follows: Flatbush proper, Ditmas Park, Fiske Terrace, Prospect Park South, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. I'm definitely not sure about this list and I don't want to start creating truthiness.

There are also seems to be some disagreement within the text on the page as it exists now that an adept historian really needs to clean up regarding the classification of Midwood. In the section on History, it says "Midwood was an alternative name for Flatbush into the early 20th century." In the neighborhoods section, however, it says, "Many consider Midwood to be a part of Flatbush, but historically it was part of the neighboring former towns of New Utrecht" On the Midwood page itself it says, "it was part of old Flatbush, situated between the towns of Gravesend and Flatlands."

I would think in the long run, we would want two separate pages, one for the region and one for the neighborhood proper, though there clearly isn't enough information on this page to support two separate entries. I'm curious if anyone knows if the general area is actually just the borders of the historical Village of Flatbush? Dwinetsk 17:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

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