Farragut is a neighborhood in the east central section of the New York City

New York City

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 borough

Borough (New York City)

New York City, one of the largest cities in the world, is composed of five boroughs. Each borough now has the same boundaries as the county it is in. County governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county...

 of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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. The area is part of Brooklyn Community Board 17

Brooklyn Community Board 17

Brooklyn Community Board 17 is a local governmental body in the New York City borough of Brooklyn with jurisdiction over Community District 17, comprising the neighborhoods of East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus and Ditmas Village...

. Farragut is roughly bounded by Cortelyou Road and Holy Cross Cemetery to the north, Kings Highway

Kings Highway (Brooklyn)

Kings Highway is a broad avenue that passes mostly through areas in the southern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The west end is at Bay Parkway and 78th Street. East of Ocean Avenue the street becomes mostly residential, tending generally east, then northeast, then north through...

 to the east, Brooklyn Avenue on the west and the Long Island Rail Road

Long Island Rail Road

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 to the south.

The area was largely populated by Jews and Italians before 1950. In the 1980s, mostly African American

African American

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 blacks became a majority by the 1990s, including along with many immigrants from the West Indies. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 84th Precinct.

The neighborhood was named for American Civil War

American Civil War

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 Admiral David Farragut

David Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in popular culture for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased: "Damn the...

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