According to Time Out, NYC is also home to one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world: Flatbush. Located in Brooklyn, Flatbush is also referred to as Little Caribbean, a nod to its large immigrant population that hails from the islands.
Roger Francis, one of the owners of the African Record Centre, a music store in Little Caribbean, told National Geographic in 2022, "What makes Little Caribbean feel like the Caribbean is the vibrance [and] the personality of the people, the Caribbean personality. It's in every aspect of the culture. It's a living culture."
Little Caribbean, officially designated as a unique neighborhood by the city in 2017, is the first and largest Caribbean immigrant community in the world. Thanks to the efforts of community activist groups like CaribBEING, in 2024, Little Caribbean received a Historic Preservation Award from the Preservation League of New York State.
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