Guide to Cortelyou Businesses
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After existing as rural farmland for centuries, Victorian Flatbush was developed in the early 1900s as a subur-ban respite from Manhattan. Early real estate developer T.B. Ackerson dubbed the area “the village in the city,” a description that contemporary residents still find appropriate. Most importantly, at the center of this “village” is Cortelyou, the main street and shopping district where residents go to work, run errands, socialize, and relax. Cortelyou Road has been the main commercial corridor of Victorian Flatbush for over one hundred years, and it still retains its indispensable reputation today. The businesses of Cortelyou are varied, reflecting the surrounding neighborhood itself. From Coney Island Avenue to East 18th Street, Cortelyou boasts food from around the world, family-owned groceries and laundromats, hip bars and trendy clothing stores, art and dance studios, and shops with merchandise ranging from toys to cameras. On Sundays from 8 am to 4 pm, the Cortelyou Greenmarket offers local produce sales from Argyle to Rugby, complimented by a craft fair along Rugby during the same hours, and every year in September, Cortelyou hosts the famous Flatbush Frolic street fair with daylong activities. Cortelyou is well-respected as the economic center of the neighborhood for locals and non-residents alike.
Flatbush Development Corporation1616 Newkirk AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11226718.859.3800
Besides being an important commercial hub, Cortelyou also represents the connection residents feel to one another and to their neighborhood. Residents love Victorian Flatbush because of its tree-lined streets, elegant houses, and rich history, but it’s the sense of community that truly defines the Victorian Flatbush identity. The neighborhood is home to a diverse, creative, friendly, and dynamic population committed to where they live, and the businesses of Cortelyou reflect this energy. Cortelyou tells the unique and vibrant story of a community that cares; it is the true heart of Victorian Flatbush.
Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) is dedicated to meet-ing the needs of a diverse Flatbush community. FDC identifies and responds to these needs by creating programs, campaigns, and partnerships through economic development, housing, youth, immigration and other initiatives that promote enhanced quality of life, safety, and preservation of our neighborhood. Since 1975 Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) has been working with Flatbush residents to improve their community and their lives. Through a combination of public and private funds, community support and volunteer efforts, FDC continues to maintain the vitality, diversity and quality of life that only an urban community can offer.
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Cortelyou Day CareCortelyou HardwareJMT FramingLatin Fever Dance StudioM&D Locks and KeysMex Express Car ServiceThird Root
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