Middle Eastern
Several Middle Eastern ethnic groups have immigrated to New York, including Egyptian and Israeli, forming ethnic enclaves.
Astoria, Queens, has an Egyptian American community, dubbed "Little Egypt", centered on Steinway Street between Broadway and Astoria Boulevard. It features many Middle Eastern cafés, restaurants, and shops, including other business from countries like Afghanistan, Morocco, Lebanon, and Syria.
On Atlantic avenue, between the East River and Grand Army Plaza, there is also a significant population of Middle Easterners.
North Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is an ethnic enclave centered around Israeli Americans. There is also a small community of Israelis centered around Kings Highway, also in Brooklyn. Israelis first immigrated to the United States after 1948. United Kingdom, and the United States has experienced two large waves of immigration from Israel. The first was during the 1950s and early 1960s, 300,000 Israelis immigrated to the United States, and another wave, starting in the mid-1970s and lasting through the present, in which 100,000 to 500,000 Israelis have immigrated to the United States.
There is also a significant Middle Eastern population in Midwood, Brooklyn and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Read more about this topic: New York City Ethnic Enclaves
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