Čeština
Czech
- Global speakers: 13,386,850
- Glottocode: czec1258
- ISO 639-3: ces
A significant Czech community first formed within the German world of Kleindeutschland (Little Germany), with "Czech Broadway" along Avenue A between 1st and 8th Streets springing up in the late 19th century. Most Czechs later moved uptown, in tandem with German New Yorkers and other Central Europeans, with a distinctly Czech quarter forming in the 60s and 70s on the East Side, the most enduring landmark of which is the recently renovated Bohemian National Hall. Much of the community later moved to Astoria, where in 1911 the Bohemian Citizens’ Benevolent Society established the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, a famous gathering place in recent years open to all New Yorkers and since 2000 a Traditional Cultural Property on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sites
NYC neighborhoods or towns in the metro region where the language community has a significant site, marked by a point on the map: