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Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in (or were notable for their ties to) East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
East Flatbush is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. East Flatbush is bounded by Crown Heights and Empire Boulevard to the north; Brownsville and East 98th Street to the east; Flatlands, Canarsie and the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge Branch to the south; and the neighborhood of Flatbush and New York Avenue to the west. East Flatbush is a predominantly African American neighborhood and has a population of 135,619 as of the 2010 United States census.
East Flatbush is part of Brooklyn Community District 17, and its primary ZIP Code is 11203. It is patrolled by the 67th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 40th, 41st, and 45th Districts.
Notable people with ties to East Flatbush, Brooklyn, from Wikipedia:
- Roosevelt Chapman (born 1962), basketball player
- Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), writer
- Flatbush Zombies, hip-hop group
- Fu-Schnickens, hip-hop group
- Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City
- Ira Glasser (born 1938), civil liberties defender and author
- Jamie Hector (born 1975), actor
- Jidenna (born 1985), "Wondaland Records" rapper/singer
- Joey Badass (born 1995), rapper
- Ivan Lee (born 1981), Olympic saber fencer
- MC Lyte (born 1970), rapper
- Romona Moore, murdered college student
- James P. O'Neill (born 1958), NYC Police Commissioner
- Rowdy Rebel, rapper
- Busta Rhymes (born 1972), rapper
- Bobby Shmurda (born 1994), rapper
- Shyne (born 1978 as Jamal Michael Barrow), rapper and politician
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942), singer and actress
- The Underachievers, rappers
- Unlocking the Truth, heavy metal group
- Michael K. Williams (born 1966), actor