Ditmas Park is a neighborhood in western Flatbush in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, east of Kensington, and is one of three Flatbush neighborhoods which have been officially designated Historic Districts. Located on land that remained rural until the early 20th century, the neighborhood consists of many large, free-standing Victorian homes built in the 1900s. Ditmas Park is roughly bounded by Coney Island Avenue to the west, Beverley Road to the north, Ocean Avenue to the east and Newkirk Avenue to the south.
Newkirk Avenue, Coney Island Avenue, and Cortelyou Road are the neighborhood's commercial strips while many of their east-west streets are lined with historic Victorian style homes. Since much of Ditmas Park is residential, many locals go to nearby Park Slope to run errands and shop.
The Ditmas Park Association, founded in 1908, hosts social events, publishes a newsletter and a home improvement directory, and works on numerous civic issues, often jointly with its sister neighborhoods and the Flatbush Development Corporation.
The Flatbush Development Corporation hosts an annual Victorian Flatbush House Tour.
In the past few years, the neighborhood has experienced rapid gentrification. An example of this is Cortelyou Road, a commercial street in the neighborhood. Cortelyou enjoys a number of delis, bars, coffee shops, restaurants and open-mic venue called Vox Pop, the Flatbush Food Coop, and more upscale restaurants such as Pomme de Terre (on Newkirk Avenue) and The Farm on Adderley (which also boasts a bar, patio seating, and a weekly movie night during summer months).
In October of 2009, Time Out New York named Ditmas Park one of the best neighborhoods in New York City for food. Similar articles praising Ditmas Park for its food have appeared in the New York Times and AM New York. [1] [2] [3]
Subway stops in or very near to Ditmas Park are Beverly Road (Q), Cortelyou Road (Q), and Newkirk Avenue (B and Q). Express buses that run through Ditmas Park are the BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 and x29. Local buses are the 23, 68, and 103.
External links
- New York Metro: 6 Affordable Neighborhoods - Ditmas Park
- Ditmas Park Art and Galleries
- Ditmas Park Blog
- Neighborhood Watch: Ditmas Park
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