Flatlands Brooklyn: to the west of Canarsie and the east of Midwood is Flatlands, a neighborhood crosshatched by Utica and Flatbush avenues. ... Photo via Forgotten New York. by Hannah Frishberg.

A driver of an allegedly stolen minivan lost control Wednesday and struck a mother and two children on a sidewalk in Flatlands, Brooklyn, killing one of the girls, police said. Latest U.S.