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A large percentage of the immigrants that came to New York City after 1965 were from non-European countries. [5] Large numbers of Irish people arrived in New York City during the Great Famine in the 1840s, while Germans, Italians, Jews, and other European ethnic groups arrived in NYC mostly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [5]
New York City is a large and ethnically diverse metropolis. [1] It is the largest city in the United States with a long history of international immigration. The New York region continues to be by far the leading metropolitan gateway for legal immigrants admitted into the United States.
Berrol, Selma. "Immigrants at School: New York City, 1900-1910." Urban education 4.3 (1969): 220–230. online; Berrol, Selma Cantor. "Immigrants at School: New York City, 1898-1914" (PhD dissertation, City University of New York; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1967. 6712555). Berrol, Selma C. "William Henry Maxwell and a New Educational ...
Brooklyn's Jewish community is the largest in the United States, with approximately 561,000 individuals. [1]Since its founding in 1625 by Dutch traders as New Amsterdam, New York City has been a major destination for immigrants of many nationalities who have formed ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity.
"New immigration" was a term from the late 1880s that refers to the influx of Catholic and Jewish immigrants from southern and eastern Europe (areas that previously sent few immigrants). [62] The great majority came through Ellis Island in New York, thus making the Northeast a major target of settlement.
New York City has seen a cycle of modest boom and a bust in the 1980s, a major boom in the 1990s, and mixed prospects since then. This period has seen severe racial tension, a dramatic spike and fall of crime rates, and a major influx of immigrants growing the city's population past the eight million mark.
According to the 2010 Census, Puerto Ricans represent 8.9 percent of New York City alone (32% of the city's Hispanic community), and 5.5% of New York State as a whole. [5] The Puerto Rican share of New York City has since decreased to 6.7% in 2020 as Puerto Ricans have left the city and new arrivals from the island increasingly seek out other ...
The African American Pinkster Committee of New York (AAPCNY) along with the African Burial Ground National Monument hold an annual pinkster celebration in New York City. Originally a Dutch Christian holiday celebrating Pentecost , pinkster has subsequently evolved into a primarily African-American holiday incorporating elements of Angolan ...