From The Peopling of New York City
The Irish was one of the first groups to arrive in New York City. The majority settled in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in some of its most improvised neighborhoods, such as Five Points. Although social mobility was slow for the Irish, by the early 20th century, they began to move northward to mid- and upper Manhattan as a new wave of immigrants replaced them in the lower parts of the island. By the late 1900s, many Irish had made their ways up to the upper middle to upper classes. In the present days, the region in New York City with the highest Irish population is that of Breezy Point, Queens. It currently has the nation's greatest concentration of Irish-Americans: at 60.3% as of the United States Census, 2000. This area of the city is quite far out from the populated island of Manhattan (which gives it a suburban feel), and has a extremely high percentage of white populations (more than 99%).[1]
Historic Residential Regions
• Five Points, Manhattan
• Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
• Inwood, Manhattan
• Woodhaven, Queens
• University Heights, Bronx
Current Residential Regions
• Bainbridge, Bronx
• North Riverdale, Bronx
• Woodlawn, Bronx
• Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
• Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
• Marine Park, Brooklyn
• Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
• Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn
• Broad Channel, Queens
• Belle Harbor, Queens
• Breezy Point, Queens
• Sunnyside, Queens
• Maspeth, Queens
• Woodside, Queens
• Roxbury, Queens
• Rockaway Park, Queens (sometimes known as the "Irish Riviera")
• St. George, Staten Island
• West Brighton, Staten Island
• Randall Manor, Staten Island
References
- ↑ Bayor, Ronald H., and Timothy J. Meagher, eds. The New York Irish. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. 395-412.
- ↑ http://www.walkingaround.com/
- ↑ http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Demographics_of_New_York_City_-_Irish_New_York/id/1317353
- ↑ http://www.walkingaround.com/
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