ew York's Burmese community is growing fast, particularly in areas of western Queens (Elmhurst, Woodhaven, Sunnyside, and Jackson Heights), where at least 7,000 immigrants from Myanmar currently reside, according to 2015-2019 American Community Survey data—and also southern Brooklyn. Many are Christian refugees from minority groups who fled the country's military rule and decades of civil war, as well as a reported small number Rohingya Muslims facing extreme persecution. Other community members cite educational opportunities as their motivation for immigrating. The vast majority of Burmese in Myanmar are Buddhist, and there are many ethnic Burmans and other Myanmar Buddhists who gather at the Buddhist temple in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights, which has a larger facility in New Jersey. Many of the Christian groups gather at Glendale's Myanmar Baptist Church. Some have found work in Manhattan's Diamond District. Besides Burmese (including the Dawei and Intha varieties), there are speakers of several varieties of Chin, Kachin, Karen, Lahu, Mon, Pa'O, Rakhine, Shan, and Wa, and perhaps other languages.