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Topic: Flatbush Avenue


  
  Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flatbush Avenue is one of the major avenues in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Flatbush Avenue runs from the Manhattan Bridge southwestward to Jamaica Bay, where it becomes the Marine Parkway Bridge which connects Brooklyn to Far Rockaway in Queens.
Flatbush Avenue creates the borders of neighborhoods including Brooklyn Heights / Downtown Brooklyn, Prospect Heights / Park Slope, and Flatbush / East Flatbush.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flatbush_Avenue_(Brooklyn)   (181 words)

  
 Flatbush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Flatbush is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City.
Flatbush was originally chartered as the Dutch Nieuw Nederland colony town of Midwout in 1651.
Flatbush and the other towns of what was to become Kings County were surrendered to the English in 1664.
www.wikiverse.org /flatbush   (396 words)

  
 Contact Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Drive north along Flatbush to Avenue I. We are on the right-hand side in the tallest building in the area, Phillip Howard Apartments, opposite an BP gas station.
Drive along Flatbush for about 20-30 minutes; look for Avenue H and we are located in the tallest building in the neighborhood, Phillip Howard Apartments, which is opposite an BP gas station.
Drive north along Flatbush to Avenue I. We are on the right hand-side, near the corner in the tallest building in the neighborhood, Phillip Howard Apartments, opposite an BP gas station.
www.clemlueyat.com /ctnt.html   (397 words)

  
 Brooklyn IRT: Flatbush Avenue
It was agitated for by the local community leaders during the mid 1990s renovation to open an exit on the west side of Flatbush Avenue next to Brooklyn College.
There was on the south side of Avenue H between Nostrand and Flatbush Avenues a substation for the BMT trolley and subway.
By the mid 1950s flooding at Flatbush and Newkirk stations was routine and disruptive to the service.
www.nycsubway.org /perl/stations?215:3123   (487 words)

  
 Travel Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From Avenue H station walk toward and cross Ocean Avenue (not Ocean Parkway), bear left around the athletic field, back ramp entrance to James Hall is just past the field and construction area or continue around to front entrance on Campus Road.
Transfer at Nevins Street for Seventh Avenue express, Flatbush train (2) or Lexington Avenue express, Flatbush train (5) to Flatbush Avenue station (Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues) which is the end of the line.
Avenue between Flatbush and Avenue H or Nostrand Avenue between Avenue H - Avenue I. Approx.
depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /pc/TRAVEL.HTM   (462 words)

  
 NYCDOT - Press Releases April 2003 Street Cleaning Regulations to be Temporarily Suspended   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Railroad from Flatbush Avenue to Ralph Avenue.
Ralph Avenue (included) from the Railroad to Avenue O. Also included are both sides Avenue L from Ralph Avenue to Bergen Avenue.
Flatbush Avenue (included) from Hendrickson Place to Avenue P. Avenue P (included) from Flatbush Avenue to Nostrand Avenue.
www.nyc.gov /html/dot/html/about/pr2003/pr03_36.html   (338 words)

  
 Wired New York Forum - NYC Neighborhoods
Something similar is happening in the Flatbush Avenue section of central Brooklyn, although the shift is still subtle and the residents are not moving out.
On Flatbush Avenue, a business improvement district on the stretch between Cortelyou Road and Parkside Avenue provides security, sanitation and promotion services, and changes are also evident on streets leading out of Flatbush Avenue.
Until the Eighth Avenue elevated railroad reached 145th Street in 1879, the area was mostly rural, a country-home favorite because of its cool breezes.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4951   (7222 words)

  
 Brooklyn College Library: Information - Travel Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Avenue J (B6) or (B11) to Bedford Avenue and Campus Road.
Parkway; Ocean Parkway to Foster Avenue to Flatbush Avenue; Flatbush Avenue to Avenue H (municipal parking lot).
2 or 5), or Flatbush Avenue bus (B41).
library.brooklyn.cuny.edu /about_library/directions.htm   (230 words)

  
 Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
It runs from the Manhattan Bridge all the way to Jamaica Bay, where it becomes the Marine Parkway Bridge that connects the Far Rockaways in Queens to Brooklyn.
Flatbush Avenue creates the borders of neighborhoods such as Brooklyn Heights / Downtown Brooklyn, Prospect Heights / Park Slope, and Flatbush / East Flatbush...
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Flatbush_Avenue   (131 words)

  
 ISAM: Travel Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
IND: Brighton local (Q) to Avenue H station (Avenue H and East 16th Street) and walk east along Avenue H to campus (stadium side).
Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Avenue station; Transfer to IND Brighton local (D to Avenue H), or IRT subway (2 or 5 to Flatbush), or Flatbush Avenue bus (B41).
From South Shore of Long Island: Sunrise Highway or Southern State Parkway to Belt Parkway; exit at Flatbush Avenue; north on Flatbush to Avenue H; left on Avenue H. Municipal Parking: Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H. Metered Parking: Bedford Avenue, Campus Road, Nostrand Ave.
depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /isam/directions.html   (256 words)

  
 Flatbush
Flatbush is centrally located within the Borough and...
East Flatbush, formerly known as Rugby, is a suburban residential district lying south of East New York...
FLATBUSH, formerly a township of Kings county, Long Island, New York, U.S.A., annexed to Brooklyn in 1894, and after the 1st of January 1898 a part of the borough of Brooklyn, New York City.
www.ditmoi.com /Flatbush.html   (403 words)

  
 Long Island Rail Road: Flatbush Avenue Line
It is underneath the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues and adjacent to the subway 2-3-4-5 lines station which is called Atlantic Avenue.
The Nostrand Avenue station consists of two outside six car platforms with a ticket office at the west end of the eastbound platform.
The line descends under Atlantic Avenue and then re-emerges in an open-cut in the middle of the lower level of the street at East New York station.
www.nycsubway.org /nyc/lirr/lirr-flatbush.html   (571 words)

  
 Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Q Local to the Avenue H station, at Avenue H and East 16th Street.
Q Local to the Avenue J station, at Avenue J and East 16th Street.
B8 on 18th Avenue, to Flatbush Avenue at Foster Avenue.
dancesport.brooklyn.cuny.edu /id27.htm   (282 words)

  
 HOW TO REACH BROOKLYN COLLEGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Transfer to the subway: Q Local, #2 or # 5 to the Flatbush Avenue station.
OR, transfer at Atlantic Avenue to the B41 bus, to the Nostrand Avenue stop.
North on Flatbush Avenue to Avenue H. Meters run along Bedford Avenue, Campus Road and Nostrand Avenue.
www.brooklyn.cuny.edu /bc/travel/index.htm   (264 words)

  
 The Audre Lorde Project: Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The organization is housed in the parish house of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, at 85 South Oxford Street, between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue.
The entrance to ALP is on the left, in the middle of the block.
Continue on Atlantic Avenue through the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue.
www.alp.org /direction.html   (425 words)

  
 Psychology Department | Brooklyn Campus | LIU
The Flatbush Avenue terminal of the Long Island Rail Road is four blocks away.
The Brooklyn Campus is on the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues (3rd traffic light).
Parking is available on Flatbush Avenue, directly across from the University.
www.brooklyn.liu.edu /psych/psy_dir.htm   (190 words)

  
 BrooklynEase.com
The Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) is a non-profit entity.
We were organized in 1989 by merchants and owners for the purpose of making Flatbush Avenue a safer and cleaner avenue and upgrading the quality of life in the community.
The area covered is Flatbush Avenue from the south side of Parkside Avenue to the north side of Cortelyou Road.
www.brooklynease.com /?module=district&neighbor=35&ShoppingDistrict=13   (137 words)

  
 651 ARTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
2,3,4,5 to Nevins Street, walk north along Flatbush Avenue to main gate (Brooklyn campus begins on the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues), proceed to LIU plaza, enter the gate, the Kumble Theater will be on your left.
B,M,Q,R to DeKalb Ave, exit at Flatbush and DeKalb (front of Brooklyn-bound train), walk north along Flatbush Avenue to main gate (Brooklyn campus begins on the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues), proceed to LIU plaza, enter the gate, the Kumble Theater will be on your left.
Park in the Flatbush Ave garage, enter the LIU campus through the main gate on Flatbush Ave.
www.651arts.org /universal/map.shtml   (589 words)

  
 Voices of New York
These elements are prevalent throughout Flatbush Avenue, extending outwards to Nostrand Avenue and Church Avenue, two adjacent locations with a substantial amount of Haitian/Haitian Americans.
Located at 1312 Flatbush Avenue, the heart of the Haitian Diaspora, Dr. Amrish Parikh's medical office caters to a heavy Haitian/Haitian-American population, in fact 80% of its patients classify themselves as being the ethnicity previously described.
One particular organization in the Flatbush area that caters to the needs of Haitian/ Haitian Americans is La Communaute Hatienne de New York (the Haitian community in New York).
www.nyu.edu /classes/blake.map2001/haiti.html   (3170 words)

  
 Ifetayo Cultural Arts Facility, Inc.
Stay on Flatbush Avenue towards Grand Army Plaza.
As you leave train station, turn right and walk approximately three blocks on Parkside Avenue away from Flatbush Avenue.
Cross Parkside Avenue and Ifetayo is located at the Caledonian Health center.
www.ifetayoculturalarts.org /about/contact.asp   (259 words)

  
 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Directions to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The green area south of Flatbush Avenue is Prospect Park.
Continue straight ahead 6 traffic lights; turn left onto Atlantic Avenue; drive 1 mile and turn right onto Flatbush Avenue; continue to arch at Grand Army Plaza; proceed around traffic circle to Eastern Parkway (library on right); drive 1 block and turn right onto Washington Avenue (Brooklyn Museum on corner).
Exit at Kent Avenue; follow service road (Park Avenue) alongside and then under the expressway five blocks; turn left onto Washington Avenue and continue for 1-3/4 miles.
www.bbg.org /vis2/directions.html   (325 words)

  
 Neighborhoods: Midwood -- Congressman Anthony D. Weiner, New York's 9th District
Midwood is a neighborhood in south central Brooklyn, bounded to the north by Avenue H and the campus of Brooklyn College, to the east by Flatbush Avenue, to the south by Kings Highway, and the west by Coney Island Avenue.
The Vitagraph company occupied a studio at Avenue M and East 14th Street until 1925, when the company moved to Holly wood and the studio was taken over by Warner Brothers.
The largest single group of new immigrants who settled in Midwood during the decade was from the Soviet Union; there were also large numbers from China and Haiti, and to a lesser extent Israel, Pakistan, Guyana, Jamaica, Iran and India.
www.house.gov /weiner/neighborhoods/hoods_midwood.htm   (348 words)

  
 Ulster Couny Purchasing Department - Directions to the Office
310 FLATBUSH AVENUE, KINGSTON, NY 310 Flatbush is a large light green building set up and off the road.
Go straight through next light; you are now on Flatbush Avenue.
Turn RIGHT (32N) on Flatbush Avenue at (Cumberland Farms corner).
www.co.ulster.ny.us /purchasing/directions.html   (263 words)

  
 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Continue straight on Rutland Road until you reach Brooklyn Avenue.
B12 on Clarkson Avenue to New York Avenue.
B44 on Nostrand Avenue and New York Avenues to Winthrop Street.
www.brooklynconcerts.com /mlkdir.html   (89 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Prospect Park is a 526-acre park (2.1 km²) in Brooklyn, New York located between Park Slope, Kensington, Windsor Terrace and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and seven blocks north east of Green-Wood Cemetery.
Originally the Park was to stradle Flatbush Avenue and go past the later built Eastern Parkway.
In the 1990s a new volunteer and privately controlled non-profit organization was founded to help revitalize the Park; to date the Prospect Park Alliance has begun the work of transforming the Park back to its original state.
www.ipedia.com /prospect_park__brooklyn__new_york.html   (1113 words)

  
 Wired New York Forum - NYC Neighborhoods
The houses on Bedford from around Avenue U all the way to Brooklyn College are some of the biggest most luxurious homes in Brooklyn.
A brick five-story building called the Clocktower (pictured) stands near the Third Avenue Bridge on-ramp, and there are satellite dishes bolted to a few of its windowsills, marking, like pins in a map, where residents have replaced factory workers.
When it became clear last fall that a new zoning regulation was about to pass that would limit new construction to eight stories in parts of central Riverdale, both developers raced the clock to get their foundations in the ground under the old rules.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4951&pp=50   (16378 words)

  
 Dave Pirmann's Brooklyn & Queens Transit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
6093 on Flatbush Avenue approaching Farragut Road where Rogers Avenue ends and cars from Bergen Street and Rogers turn on to Farragut for the short run to Ocean Avenue where the cars ran south to Sheepshead Bay at Emmons Avenue.
Up ahead on Flatbush on the left of the photo is the Century Circuit Farragut Theater, opened in 1919, converted to bowling alley in 1961, then to a YMCA around 1963.
This scene is three blocks north of "The Junction" of Flatbush and Nostrand trolley lines and of the IRT 7th Avenue Line Flatbush Avenue Subway Terminal.
www.davesrailpix.com /nyc/htm/bqt514.htm   (189 words)

  
 Travel Directions - Fall 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
IND Q train to Avenue J station; transfer to the B6 or B11 bus to Bedford Avenue and Campus Road.
is located one block from the intersection of Flatbush and Avenue H, near the junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues.
Follow Flatbush Avenue north to Avenue H, make a left.
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /adulted/Travel%20Map.htm   (209 words)

  
 NYCDOT - Press Releases June 2003 New Parking Meter Rates Start To Take Effect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The New York City Department of Transportation today announced that enforcement of the new hour and-a-half Street Cleaning Regulations (SCR) in parts of the East Flatbush, Flatlands, and Marine Park communities of Brooklyn (Community Board 18) will begin on Monday, July 7, 2003.
Ralph Avenue (included) from the Railroad to Ave O. Also included are both sides Avenue L from Ralph Avenue to Bergen Avenue.
Both sides Hendrickson Street from Avenue V to Hendrickson Place.
www.nyc.gov /html/dot/html/about/pr2003/pr03_69.html   (299 words)

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