ritish English is a broad cover term referring to the highly diverse English varieties of the United Kingdom, which vary widely by location and class, though prestigious "Received Pronunciation" (also sometimes known as "the Queen's English") may be best known to Americans. In early colonial New York, forms of British English would have been dominant across much of the city, and large-scale immigration from the British Isles continued well into the 19th century. Close ties between New York and the United Kingdom have continued ever since. According to 2015-2019 American Community Survey data, 13,444 New Yorkers were born in the United Kingdom, most of whom live in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Higher education and work opportunities are the most cited reasons for Brits' moving to NYC. While one of the highest residential concentrations is in this zone of the Upper East Side, British New Yorkers gather at a wide range of institutions from the British Consulate to the British International School to the Myers of Keswick grocery in the West Village—not to mention gathering places for Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish New Yorkers who may also identify as British and speaker British English varieties.