Central Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn consists of several neighborhoods often grouped together because of their large populations of African Americans and West [Indian Americans|Caribbean Americans]. Central Brooklyn is the largest collection of black communities in both New York City and the United States. These neighborhoods include:
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, which broadly includes smaller communities such as
- * Ocean Hill
- * Stuyvesant Heights
- Crown Heights, which includes smaller communities such as
- * Weeksville
- Flatbush, Brooklyn|East Flatbush], which may be grouped together with the smaller neighborhood of Wingate
- Flatbush, which broadly includes smaller communities such as
- * Ditmas Park
- * Prospect Lefferts Gardens
- * Prospect [Park South]
- Brownsville
- Canarsie
- Clinton Hill
- East [New York, Brooklyn|East New York]
- Fort Greene
- Prospect Heights