East Flatbush is a predominantly African American neighborhood and has a population of 135,619 as of the 2010 United States census.

[8] Farragut is roughly bounded by Cortelyou Road and Holy Cross Cemetery to the north, Kings Highway to the east, Brooklyn Avenue on the west, and the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch to the south.

[19][22] Remsen Village's population[18] is over one third of that of Brooklyn Community Board 17, which consists entirely of East Flatbush and its subsections.

[6] Based on data from the 2010 United States census, the combined population of East Flatbush's neighborhood tabulation areas was 135,619, a change of -9,740 (-7.2%) from the 145,359 counted in 2000.

[28] In 2018, an estimated 19% of East Flatbush residents lived in poverty, compared to 21% in all of Brooklyn and 20% in all of New York City.

Based on this calculation, as of 2018[update], East Flatbush is considered to be high-income and not gentrifying, relative to the rest of the city.

The area was populated after World War II predominantly by immigrant Jews and Italians, then in the 1960s by African Americans, but most recently has seen many West Indian immigrants such as Guyanese, Haitians, Jamaicans, Saint Lucians, Trinidadians, Grenadians, Vincentians, Bajans, Panamanians and Dominicans groups coming to the area.

Considering this data, East Flatbush has been noted as being the single largest West Indian neighborhood in all of New York City and America as a whole.

[35][36][37] In addition to Little Caribbean, the south tip of the neighborhood has been given the name Little Haiti due to the high concentration of Haitians.

[45] The area around the Nostrand playground had various gangs: Crips, Gangster Disciples, Jamaicans (Shower Posse), Trinidadians and Grenadians particularly notorious for turf wars, shootouts, and pitbull fights.

[citation needed] The firehouse for the New York City Fire Department (FDNY)'s Engine Co. 310/Ladder Co. 174 is located at 5105 Snyder Avenue.

[25]: 14 The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in East Flatbush is 0.0078 milligrams per cubic metre (7.8×10−9 oz/cu ft), lower than the citywide and boroughwide averages.

[25]: 12 Eighty percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is lower than the city's average of 87%.

[49] Additionally, along the neighborhood's eastern border with Brownsville, the IRT New Lots Line (2, ​3, ​4, and ​5 trains) has a station at the intersection of Sutter Avenue, Rutland Road, and East 98th Street.

The B12 bus takes a serpentine route at the north end of the neighborhood, and the B7 runs on Kings Highway at the southeast edge of East Flatbush.

[50] The B6 runs via Bay Pkwy, Avenue J, and Flatlands Av and although passing through several neighborhoods, makes a few stops in East Flatbush.

East Flatbush generally has a lower ratio of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018[update].

[51] East Flatbush's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is slightly higher than the rest of New York City.

[25]: 6 Schools located in East Flatbush include: The neighborhood was the home of the former General George W. Wingate and Gov.

Zion Church of God 7th Day, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.