Flatlands was originally a farming community where tobacco, corn, squash, and beans were grown, and oysters and clams were harvested from Jamaica Bay.
The neighborhood borders are roughly delineated by Flatlands Avenue on the North, Avenue U to the South, Ralph Avenue to the East, and Flatbush Avenue to the West (other sources say Ave. H-Ave T. / Ralph Ave. – Nostrand Avenue. — again, N/S/E/W).
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