Not far from the northeast central part (4)
I believe the answer is:
near
'not far from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'northeast central part' is the wordplay.
'northeast' becomes 'NE' (abbreviation).
'central' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letters of 'part' are 'ar'.
'ne'+'ar'='NEAR'
'the' is the link.
(Other definitions for near that I've seen before include "Close at hand" , "Mean, close" , "Close; almost" , "Close, not far away" , "Miserly and proximate" .)