EAST FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN

'East Flatbush' is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The area was predominantly African American, but has seen many West Indian immigrants such as Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Grenadians, Bajans, Guyanese, Panamanians and Haitians groups coming to the area. Within the confines, are the Holy Cross Cemetery Church on Brooklyn Avenue and Tilden Avenue through Nostrand Ave. While there are some affluent residents present, East Flatbush is mostly populated by working-class Brooklynites. Similar to other inner city Brooklyn neighborhoods, blacks & Latinos predominate the neighborhood with a considerable amount of whites and asians. This neighborhood is one of the poorer sections of Brooklyn. East Flatbush is the home of the former General George W. Wingate High School. It is also home to three major hospitals, Kings County Hospital, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
Notable People Taevon Hutchinson