한국어
Korean
Flushing +5The first wave of Koreans in New York consisted largely of students, Protestants, and refugees from the Japanese occupation of Korea, some of whom formed the city's first Korean church in Morningside Heights in 1920 to organize anti-Japanese movements. By the second half of the 20th century, Koreans had expanded throughout the city, with eastern Queens the center of the community and Palisades Park in New Jersey a fast-growing secondary hub.
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ueens represents the major Korean hub in the eastern United States and an important area for the global Korean diaspora, with roughly 65% of NYC Korean community living from Jackson Heights to Flushing, Murray Hill, Auburndale, Bayside, and Douglaston-Little Neck, with Northern Boulevard a vital corridor. Many varieties of Korean are spoken here, and in the area there is also a distinct and substantial Korean-Chinese community (Joseonjok), whose variety of Korean is related to the Hamgyŏng dialect of the northeast. A smaller Korean community in the Bronx, mostly elderly, gathers at the Bronx Korean American Senior Citizens Association, while younger Korean families in Brooklyn send their children to the Brooklyn Korean School.
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