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Brooklynian » Forum » Flatbush/Midwood/Ditmas Park »

1. 

   Stella

   getting it
   Joined: Aug '06
   Posts: 164

   http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/120842/man-found-shot-to-death-in-car

   I think I am ready to move.

   Did anyone hear the shots last night at around 1:45-2am? I was awake until 1 something... did not hear the shots, but I did hear the helicopter flying past.

   Add this to the current situation I am dealing with at my building and I think I've given this place a chance, but I'm not sure I want to be part of it much longer.

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
2. 

   ntfool

   above average
   Joined: Sep '08
   Posts: 483

   Where is "Prospect Park South"? Isn't that Kensington?

   If you're happy, you're not paying attention.
   
   spurn Productions, Inc.

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
3. 

   jeffrey

   is not in right now
   Joined: Feb '07
   Posts: 4,131

   Nope. Kensington's (mostly) to the West of Coney Island Avenue.

   Caton Park, Prospect Park South, Ditmas Park etc. are all smaller neighborhoods under the general umbrella of Victorian Flatbush as you go sequentially South of the Parade Grounds at the Southern edge of Prospect Park.

   Parade Place itself is not in any of these, and is considered Flatbush or maybe East Flatbush.

   i extend my battery life by turning down the brightness

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
4. 

   whynot_31

   Former Lurker
   Joined: Mar '06
   Posts: 16,074

   I say we move this thread over there.

   ...by "we" I mean Jeffery.

   For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
5. 

   jeffrey

   is not in right now
   Joined: Feb '07
   Posts: 4,131

   Hah, on my mobile, missed the neighborhood heading.

   Consider it done.

   i extend my battery life by turning down the brightness

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
6. 

   Stella

   getting it
   Joined: Aug '06
   Posts: 164

   I was under the impression that I lived in 'Prospect Lefferts' not Flatbush... It's 2 blocks from Ocean Ave/ Parkside train station.

   It is just one block on the wrong side of Coney Island Ave to be considered Kensington.

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
7. 

   jeffrey

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   Posts: 4,131

   Near Prospect Lefferts, yes. Just as you are also near Caton Park, Prospect Park South and Kensington.

   The Southern boundary comes across Clarkson Ave and stops at Ocean Ave, which is the Western border of the neighborhood.

   The reason it has this name and exact borders is because this specific parcel of land was once a farm owned by the Lefferts family going back to 1660. This specific area of land was subsequently donated by the Lefferts family to the city in the late 1800s, with strict single-family-home charter restrictions on the smaller area inside PLG known as Lefferts Manor.

   The zip code of PLG is 11225, inside Community Board 9 and NYPD's 71st Precinct.

   You are two blocks west of the very SW corner of PLG at Ocean and Clarkson (which happens to have a subway stop as you mention at Ocean and Parkside, basically right at the corner border of the neighborhood).

   Your zip code is 11226, inside Community Board 14 and NYPD's 70th Precinct.

   

   Parade Place is off the map above, to the left (West).

   But like any other neighborhood, real estate agents and apartment landlords are prone to stretch borders when it financially suits them.

   i extend my battery life by turning down the brightness

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
8. 

   Stella

   getting it
   Joined: Aug '06
   Posts: 164

   What I meant was that I don't think this belongs in the "Flatbush/Ditmas Park/Midwood" folder, but that's ok. It doesn't really matter.

   My intentions with posting this thread had nothing to do with the exact location or which neighborhood it fits into and so I'm disappointed in the fact that all 5 responses discussed that, rather than the actual topic I was trying to bring up.

   # Posted 2 yrs ago
9. 

   whynot_31

   Former Lurker
   Joined: Mar '06
   Posts: 16,074

   we don't tend to be a group who shoots people, or knows who shot people.

   ...but, we can often chime in with:

   "wow, that's sad"

   "did you hear that, it sounds like 5 shots"

   "they sent a helicopter and everything"

   Lately, I've been fond of writing:

   "murder is bad no matter who it happens to, and no one deserves to die, but it rarely happens to strangers. Remain a stranger to those likely to kill you"

   For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

   # Posted 2 yrs ago

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