Central Brooklyn consists of several neighborhoods often grouped together because of their large populations of

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and

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. Central Brooklyn is the largest collection of black communities in both New York City and the United States. 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 East Flatbush is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. East Flatbush is bounded by Crown Heights and Empire Boulevard to the north; Brownsville and East 98th Street to the east; Flatlands, Canarsie and the Lon ...

, which may be grouped together with the smaller neighborhood of

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Flatbush Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally bounded by Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park to the nort ...

, which broadly includes smaller communities such as ** Ditmas Park ** Prospect Lefferts Gardens **

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

Canarsie Canarsie ( ) is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue; on the north by Linden Boulevard; on th ...

* Clinton Hill *

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* Prospect Heights Central Brooklyn is centered in the following zip codes: * 11203 * 11213 * 11216 * 11221 * 11225 * 11226 * 11233 * 11238 * 11233

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