Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

Ditmas Park is a historic district in the neighborhood of Flatbush in Brooklyn, New York City. The traditional boundaries of Ditmas Park, including Ditmas Park West, are Ocean Avenue and greater Flatbush to the east, Dorchester Road and the Prospect Park South neighborhood to the north, Coney Island Avenue and the Kensington neighborhood to the west, and Newkirk Avenue to the south.^[2] The name Ditmas Park is often used as a shorthand for the several neighborhoods that comprise the larger area of Victorian Flatbush.^[3]

Ditmas Park is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 70th Precinct,^[4] and is within Brooklyn Community District 14. The New York City Subway's Band​Qtrains serve Ditmas Park.

The district is located on land formerly owned by the Ditmas family. The area remained rural until the 1890s. At that time, Brooklyn was becoming more popular, due to the development of Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Bridge, along with improved transportation in New York City. Lewis H. Pounds was one of the early developers of the area now known as Ditmas Park Historic District. This eight-block national historic district consists of 2,000 to 2,500 largely residential buildings built between 1902 and 1914. Many of the buildings are large, free-standing, single-family homes with gables and front porches. Most of the building architects were local to the Flatbush or Brooklyn area, and they specialized in suburban buildings. Architectural styles of the area's buildings include Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Tudor, Greek Revival, and Japanese Cottage. These styles are uncommon in Brooklyn, where brownstones and rowhouses are typical. The district also includes apartment buildings, a commercial district along Cortelyou Road, and one church, the brick Neo-Georgian Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church (1910) at which Conrad Tillard is since 2018 the Senior Minister.^{[5][6][7][8][3][9][10]}

Location in New York City

Newkirk Avenue, Coney Island Avenue, Cortelyou Road, Foster Avenue, and Church Avenue are the neighborhood's commercial strips while many of their north–south 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, although the district has seen increased commercialization due to its recent gentrification.

ディトマス・パーク歴史地区は、1983年に国家歴史登録財に登録されました。 ^{[ 1 ]} 1980年代から1990年代初頭にかけて、裕福な家族が大きなビクトリア様式の家を購入しましたが、ここ数年で、比較的安い賃料で広いスペースに惹かれた若者やアーティストが流入し、この地区は急速に高級化しています。その一例が、近隣の商業通りであるコーテリョー・ロードです。コーテリョーには、デリ、バー、コーヒーショップ、レストラン、フラットブッシュ・フード・コープ、そしてより高級なレストランが数多くあります。コーテリョーには多くの会場もあり、地元のミュージシャンだけでなく、より有名なアーティストも多数集まっています。^{[ 11 ]}

2009年10月、Time Out New Yorkはディトマス・パークをニューヨーク市で最もグルメな地区の1つに挙げた。ディトマス・パークのグルメを称賛する同様の記事は、ニューヨーク・タイムズやAM New Yorkにも掲載されている。^{[ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ]}

この地域は、郊外の雰囲気を醸し出すビクトリア様式の家々が立ち並ぶため、映画やテレビ番組の撮影場所としても頻繁に利用されている。

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  ディトマス・パーク歴史地区の地図
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  ニューヨーク市警察第70分署
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  ディトマス・パークの通り

1908年に設立されたディトマス・パーク協会は、社交イベントの開催、ニュースレターや住宅改修ガイドの発行、そして姉妹地区やフラットブッシュ開発公社と共同で取り組むことも多い、数多くの地域問題への活動を行っています。フラットブッシュ開発公社は、毎年ビクトリア朝フラットブッシュ住宅ツアーを開催しています。

ディトマス・パーク・ウェスト近隣協会（DPW）やビバリー・スクエア・ウェスト近隣協会など、他の近隣協会もこの地域の一部を管轄しています。DPWは近隣住民向けのYahooグループを運営しています。フラットブッシュ・アーティストもこの地域に拠点を置いており、この地域に住むアーティストを紹介する毎年恒例のアートウォークを開催しています。^{[ 15 ]}

2012年3月から、ウェブサイトDitmas Park Cornerは地域の重要なイベントや開店を記録し、近隣に関する議論や問い合わせのフォーラムとして機能しました。^{[ 16 ]} 2017年現在、このサイトはブルックリン全域のニュースサイトBklynerに統合されています。^{[ 17 ]} 2010年代初頭の短い期間、Ditmas Park CornerはAOLが運営する一連の地域ニュース組織の1つであるDitmas Park Patchと競合していました。

The Brooklyn Public Library's Cortelyou branch is located at 1305 Cortelyou Road, near Argyle Road. The branch was first proposed in 1969, but did not open until 1983.^[18]

New York City Subway stops in or very near to Ditmas Park are Beverley Road (Qtrain), Cortelyou Road (Qtrain), Newkirk Plaza (Band​Qtrains), and Avenue H (Qtrain). MTA-operated express buses that run through Ditmas Park are the BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4, and local buses are the B8, B68 and B103.^[19]

• Aaron Dessner (born 1976), of The National^[20]
• Bryce Dessner (born 1976), composer and guitarist^[21]
• Jack Houghteling, novelist^[22]
• Ric Menello (1952-2013), screenwriter and director, co-directed the Beastie Boys' music videos "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" and "No Sleep till Brooklyn".^[23]
• Roy Nathanson (born 1951), saxophonist, composer, bandleader who became the leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers^[24]
• Tim O'Brien (born 1964), illustrator^[25]
• Ben Smith, former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed^[26]
• Sonja Sohn (born 1964), actress
• Sufjan Stevens (born 1975), singer-songwriter^[21]
• Michelle Williams (born 1980), actress^[27]