flamengo is located right next door to botafogo and in addition to the large recreational park, the neighborhood is also recognized for being the birthplace of rio's most popular soccer club, clube de regatas do flamengo.

adjacent to flamengo lies catete where the historical palácio do catete/museu da república can be found - these neighborhoods go hand in hand seeing as they are relatively calm and known to be one of the prefered areas for residential purposes seeing as they are calm districts within the zona sul.