Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville

Neighborhood · Brooklyn

Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville covers the western side of Flatbush south of Prospect Park, including Prospect Park South, Ditmas Park and, west of Coney Island Avenue, Parkville, a pocket of angled streets near 18th Avenue whose land the Freeman's Association bought in 1852.

  • 0.82 square miles
  • 43,016 residents, 2020 Census
  • 154 street corners
  • 5 subway stations
  • 13 bus routes

Flatbush remained mostly farmland well into the 1800s, but after the Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railroad opened in 1878, its fields gave way to streets of single-family houses. Dean Alvord started Prospect Park South on about 60 acres in 1899, and on the former Ditmas family farm most houses went up between 1902 and 1906. Five city historic districts lie wholly or partly within the area.

Sources: Ditmas Park West Historic District (LP-2693) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Prospect Park South, Brooklyn (Wikipedia); Kensington, Brooklyn (Wikipedia).

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Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville borders six areas, and Foster Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 22 of 154.

Street map of Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn, outlined among Flatbush, Kensington, Mapleton-Midwood (West) and Midwood, with its five subway stations.Prospect ParkFlatbushMidwoodMapleton-Midwood (West)Borough ParkKensington
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Church Av lines B Q accessible
  • Beverley Rd lines Q
  • Cortelyou Rd lines Q
  • Newkirk Plaza lines B Q
  • 18 Av lines F

Getting around

Five subway stations and buses on 13 routes stop in or at the edge of Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville.

  • 5 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 9 local bus routes
  • 4 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B8
  • B11
  • B16
  • B35
  • B49
  • B68
  • B90
  • B103
  • T464

Express bus routes

  • BM1
  • BM2
  • BM3
  • BM4

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Brooklyn corner.

  • 1,255 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 8.1 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner
  • 18 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 51 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
40
Accessible pedestrian signals
24
Turn calming
11
Safety Improvement Projects
3
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 6,167 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 13,461 school-zone speed camera tickets at eight corners
  • 2,399 bus-lane camera tickets at two corners
Most red-light tickets
Ocean Parkway & 18th Avenue, 6,167
Most speed tickets
Ocean Parkway & Elmwood Avenue, 8,646
Most bus-lane tickets
Church Avenue & Stratford Road, 1,842

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 43,016 residents in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, about 52,500 per square mile.

  • 15,952 homes, 2020 Census
  • 954 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 3,032 residential lots hold buildings from 1915 or earlier, and 92% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Landmarks

Historic districts
Beverley Square West, Ditmas Park, Ditmas Park West, Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park and Prospect Park South, wholly or partly within Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville

Streets and trees

Trees
3,848 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, thornless honeylocust and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Foster Avenue, with 22 of the area's 154
Height above sea level
From 22 feet at Ocean Avenue & Glenwood Road to 56 feet at Caton Avenue & St Pauls Place

Schools and libraries

The City lists 15 schools and two libraries in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville.

Public schools
5
Charter and private schools
10
Libraries
Cortelyou Library and Kensington Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, eight bike-share stations stand in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville.

  • 8 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 218 major felonies at places in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville

  • 184 major felonies in 2024
  • 901 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, the NYPD recorded another 152 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 8.6 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville.

Police precincts
70th (most of the area), 66th
Major felonies recorded at places in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 91 major felonies at places in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, against 116 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.