ohawk speakers from the Kahnawake and Akwesasne reservations in Canada and upstate New York have long been a part of New York City, particularly what is today called the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn, where as many as 700 formed a long-term community during the 1920s New York's "building boom". Mohawk-speaking men achieved fame as fearless steelworkers, unafraid of heights and responsible for constructing many of the city's bridges and skyscrapers. The Brooklyn community formed around a union hiring hall, a local tavern, and Cuyler Presbyterian Church, where Reverend David Cory offered the church as a space for community gatherings and learned the language himself enough to hold services in Mohawk. While few remain in Boerum Hill today, Mohawk steelworkers are still a force and were among those responsible for one of the city's latest mega-towers, One World Trade Center.