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Ridgewood, Queens, also has a significant Puerto Rican population, which is now spreading to other places in Central Queens such as Maspeth, Glendale, and Middle Village; as does neighboring community Bushwick, Brooklyn. Other neighborhoods in Queens such as Woodhaven also have a sizable population. [188] Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Manhattan ...
Ridgewood, Queens, also has a significant Puerto Rican population, as does the neighboring community of Bushwick, Brooklyn. [90] Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Manhattan include Spanish Harlem and Loisaida. [91] [92] Spanish Harlem was "Italian Harlem" from the 1880s until the 1940s. [91]
Puerto Ricans have historically lived in neighborhoods such as the Lower East Side (also known in the community as Loisaida), Spanish Harlem and Williamsburg, Brooklyn since the 1950s. There are large Puerto Rican populations throughout the 5 boroughs, with the Bronx having the largest.
Significant numbers of Dominicans move into historically predominant Puerto Rican neighborhoods throughout the city. In Queens, significant Dominican populations are in Corona, Woodhaven, and Ridgewood. In Brooklyn, significant numbers of Dominicans are in Bushwick, Williamsburg, Cypress Hills, and Sunset Park. In Staten Island, small numbers ...
New York City, with about 800,000 Puerto Rican residents, has the largest Puerto Rican population outside of Puerto Rico. Another historically significant ethnic group are Italians, who emigrated to the city in large numbers during the late 19th century. New York City is home to the largest Italian American population in the United States.
The Triangle, North Carolina (Cuban, as well Puerto Rican and increasingly Mexican neighborhoods). [348] Louisville, Kentucky (Cuban – especially in Okolona (40219 with over 10%,) the 40213 zip code, and to a much lesser extent 40214) [349] [350] Westchester, Florida (65.69% Cuban, highest Cuban population in the US) [351]
With locations in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Jackson Heights and Corona, Queens, the family-style, locally-owned restaurant is as authentic as it gets, despite being 2,000+ miles north of the border.
The neighborhood contains the largest concentration of Hispanic Americans in the entire borough, followed closely behind by Sunset Park. [76] The Williamsburg and Bushwick communities are home to their own local Puerto Rican Day Parade. [77] The parade board usually meets at the Orocovis Social Club, located off Myrtle Avenue.