Ditmas Park

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 formerly owned by the Ditmas family 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 Foster Avenue to the south. Ditmas Park is patrolled by the NYPD's 70th Precinct. Newkirk Avenue, Coney Island Avenue, and Cortelyou Road are the neighborhood's commercial strips while many of their east-west streets...