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That’s what Brooklyn Based is asking, following up on their series of neighborhood investigations. “What began as a series of swanky developments in the early 1900s, luring white, upper class residents from Brooklyn Heights, is now attracting professionals and ex-Park Slopers to the stately homes of Victorian Flatbush — a term that’s only three decades old,” they write. Flatbush has attracted immigrants from everywhere: Italians and Jews, Caribbeans, Pakistanis and Southeast Asians. Within the sprawling neighborhood are its mini-enclaves: Prospect Park South, Ditmas Park, Fiske Terrace, Wingate, South Midwood, Midwood Park and West Midwood. For the scoop on life in the ‘bush, they interview a young couple, one originally from the Bahamas, the other with Trinidadian parents. Their thoughts: “I like Flatbush, it’s convenient to everything I need and the apartment is big and affordable.” The food? “We walk to Kensington for non-Caribbean food, but there’s a Japanese restaurant [Sushi Tatsu III] up the block and there’s Tex Mex [Tex Mex Fresco] and there’s a Spanish spot [La Cabana Rodriguez Restaurant] that you can sit and eat, maybe have drinks.” Neighborhood changes? “For the first time in life, my neighbors are Caucasian. You see them jogging, skateboarding, food shopping, with children in strollers, walking their dogs.”
What’s It Like in Flatbush [Brooklyn Based]
Photo by Rufus Mangrove.


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  1. The houses in Victorian Flatbush are still mostly over a million, some approaching 1.5 million, though prices have softened over the last few months. Large 2-families are probably at the higher end. I don’t know about brownstones (there are just a few in the area, along only 1-2 blocks). The nabe is mostly free-standing houses and apartment buildings.