Neighborhoods

All NYC neighborhoods are linguistically diverse, but some much more so than others. The map shows significant sites and does not try to list every language spoken in every neighborhood. Neighborhood names and boundaries (NYC only) follow local practice as much as possible, though no definitive standards exist.

Bronx

Allerton
Loke

Queens

Astoria
Abruzzese (Orsognese), Acehnese, Algerian Arabic, Amdo Tibetan, Aromanian...

Queens

Auburndale
Greek, Gujarati, Korean, Marwari

Brooklyn

Bath Beach
Algerian Arabic, Cantonese, K'iche', Urdu

Manhattan

Battery Park City
Macedonian

Brooklyn

Bay Ridge
Algerian Arabic, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, Danish, Egyptian Arabic, Finnish...

Queens

Bayside
Greek, Istro-Veneto, Korean, Mandarin, Taiwanese...

Brooklyn

Bedford-Stuyvesant
African-American English, Edo, Fulani, Garifuna, Gullah...

Queens

Bellerose
Indian English, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil

Bronx

Belmont
Arbëresh, Balkan Romani, Basaa, Bulgarian, Calabrese...

Brooklyn

Bensonhurst
Azeri, Bulgarian Turkish, Calabrese (Gioiosano), Cantonese, Fujianese...

Brooklyn

Boerum Hill
Belarusian, Mohawk, Syriac, Yemeni Arabic

Brooklyn

Borough Park
Chinantec, Crimean Tatar, Hasidic Yiddish, Hungarian, Jewish English...

Queens

Breezy Point
Irish English

Queens

Briarwood
Luri, Philippine English, Tagalog, Urdu

Brooklyn

Brighton Beach
Avar, Bontoc, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash...

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Heights
Castilian Spanish, Danish, Galician, German, Hainanese (Southern Min)...

Brooklyn

Bushwick
Central American Spanish, Dominican Spanish, Ecuadorian Kichwa, Ecuadorian Spanish, Garifuna...

Queens

Cambria Heights
Barbadian Creole, Haitian Creole, Odia

Brooklyn

Canarsie
Barbadian Creole, Garifuna, Grenadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, Haitian Creole...

Brooklyn

Carroll Gardens
Kituba, Neapolitan, Portuguese, Pugliese (Molese), Sudanese Arabic...

Bronx

Castle Hill
Afenmai, Bengali, Guyanese Creole, Puerto Rican Spanish, Tigre...

Manhattan

Central Harlem
African-American English, Antigua and Barbuda Creole, Bahamian Creole, Bambara, Baoulé...

Bronx

Charlotte Gardens
Garifuna, Tem

Manhattan

Chelsea
Croatian, Franco-Provençal, French, Greek, Lithuanian...

Manhattan

Chinatown
Apulo-Lucano, Basque, Cantonese, Cherokee, Emiliano...

Bronx

City Island
Lenape (Munsee)

Bronx

Claremont
Dagaare, Gourmanché, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Sierra Leone Creole

Staten Island

Clifton
African-American English, Ashanti, Hausa, Igbo, Sinhalese...

Bronx

Co-op City
St. Kitts Creole

Brooklyn

Cobble Hill
French, Kuna, Sicilian, Swedish, Yemeni Arabic...

Queens

College Point
Austrian German, Colombian Spanish, Friulian, Konkani, Macedonian...

Bronx

Concourse
Adjoukrou, Akan, Appolo, Ashanti, Balanta-Ganja...

Queens

Corona
Amuzgo, Argentine Spanish, Bhojpuri, Colombian Spanish, Cuban Spanish...

Brooklyn

Crown Heights
Barbadian Creole, Belizean Creole, Chiricahua Apache, Gen-Gbe, Grenadian Creole...

Brooklyn

Cypress Hills
Dominican Spanish

Queens

Douglaston-Little Neck
Classical Armenian, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Matinecock...

Brooklyn

DUMBO
Amdo Tibetan, Classical Tibetan, Konyak, Tagalog

Brooklyn

Dyker Heights
Calabrese (Gioiosano), Coptic, Italian, Italian English

Queens

East Elmhurst
Bolivian Spanish, Chilean Spanish, Greek

Brooklyn

East Flatbush
Barbadian Creole, French, French Guianese Creole, Grenadian Creole, Guyanese Creole...

Manhattan

East Harlem
Bengali, Calabrese, Classical Arabic, Gallo-Italic (Basilicata), Garifuna...

Manhattan

East Midtown
Bemba, Bislama, Canadian English, Chamorro, Chewa...

Brooklyn

East New York
African-American English, Baoulé, Barbadian Creole, Bété, Central American Spanish...

Manhattan

East Village
Batak, Bavarian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cebuano...

Brooklyn

East Williamsburg
Japanese, Machvaya Romani

Bronx

Edenwald
African-American English, Jamaican Patois

Staten Island

Elm Park
Chinantec, Mexican Spanish, Mixtec, Nahuatl, Pali...

Queens

Elmhurst
Acehnese, Amdo Tibetan, Asturian, Bahing, Balinese...

Staten Island

Eltingville
Italian English, Norwegian

Queens

Far Rockaway
African-American English, Central American Spanish, Garifuna, Hasidic Yiddish

Manhattan

Financial District
Cuban Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian...

Brooklyn

Flatbush
Akan, Ashanti, Classical Tibetan, Dominican Creole (English), Dominican Creole (French)...

Manhattan

Flatiron
Bartangi, Serbian, Tibetan

Brooklyn

Flatlands
Grenadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, Haitian Creole, Jamaican Patois, Naso...

Queens

Flushing
Cantonese, Changzhounese, Dari, Dongxiang, Falam Chin...

Bronx

Fordham
Akan, Ashanti, Dzongkha, Ewe, Fante...

Queens

Forest Hills
Bukhori, Georgian, Jewish English, Judeo-Georgian, Judeo-Spanish...

Brooklyn

Fort Greene
Hausa

Brooklyn

Gerritsen Beach
Irish English

Queens

Glendale
Bavarian, Burmese, Falam Chin, Geg Albanian, German...

Manhattan

Governors Island
Bicolano, Palatine German

Brooklyn

Gowanus
Ecclesiastical Latin

Manhattan

Gramercy
Batak, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Sindhi...

Brooklyn

Gravesend
Azeri, Buryat, Cantonese, Cilentano, Egyptian Judeo-Arabic...

Staten Island

Great Kills
Arbëresh, Egyptian Arabic, Italian English, Lenape (Munsee)

Brooklyn

Greenpoint
Basque, Lithuanian, Polish, Silesian, Slovak...

Manhattan

Greenwich Village
Istro-Romanian, Lakota, Ligurian, Lombard, Tuscan...

Staten Island

Grymes Hill
Sri Lankan Tamil

Manhattan

Hamilton Heights
Amharic, Dominican Spanish, Mojave, Soninke, Tlapanec...

Manhattan

Hell's Kitchen
Breton, Breton, Bulgarian, Croatian, Irish...

Bronx

Highbridge
Anaang, Bambara, Larteh, Mandjak, Soninke...

Queens

Hillcrest
Bukhori, Dari, Hazara, Pashto

Queens

Hollis
African-American English, Bengali

Brooklyn

Homecrest
Azeri, Biblical Hebrew, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Lezgi, Moroccan Judeo-Arabic...

Queens

Howard Beach
Pugliese (Palese)

Bronx

Hunts Point
Central American Spanish, Classical Arabic, Puerto Rican Spanish

Manhattan

Inwood
Dominican Spanish, Taíno

Queens

Jackson Heights
Amdo Tibetan, American Sign Language, Argentine Spanish, Aromanian, Aymara...

Queens

Jamaica
African-American English, Baoulé, Barbadian Creole, Bengali, Bishnupriya Manipuri...

Queens

Jamaica Estates
Bukhori, Iraqi Judeo-Arabic, Tosk Albanian

Queens

Jamaica Hills
Belarusian, Classical Arabic, Greek, Kashmiri

Brooklyn

Kensington
Azeri, Balochi, Bengali, Bukhori, Chittagonian...

Queens

Kew Gardens
Bukhori, Hebrew, Persian, Russian, Sangsari...

Queens

Kew Gardens Hills
Dari, Hebrew, Jewish English, Yiddish

Bronx

Kingsbridge
Bambara, Chuj, Efik, Greek, Khmer...

Manhattan

Kips Bay
Friulian

Manhattan

Lenox Hill
Czech, French, Koine Greek, Moroccan Judeo-Arabic, Slovak...

Manhattan

Lincoln Square
Hopi, Japanese, Welsh, Winnebago

Manhattan

Little Italy
Abruzzese (Orsognese), Calabrese, Gallo-Italic (Basilicata), Italian, Lucano...

Queens

Long Island City
Irish, Irpino

Manhattan

Lower East Side
Abakuá, Arbëresh, Fujianese, Hebrew, Hungarian...

Staten Island

Manor Heights
Malayalam

Brooklyn

Mapleton
Rushani, Taishanese

Queens

Maspeth
Lenape (Munsee), Lithuanian, Paraguayan Spanish, Polish, Tibetan...

Bronx

Melrose
Fulani, Garifuna, Mossi

Queens

Middle Village
Geg Albanian, Gottscheerisch, Irish English, Italian English, Nones...

Staten Island

Midland Beach
Malayalam, Russian

Manhattan

Midtown
Alsatian, Austrian German, Brazilian Portuguese, Bukhori, Burmese...

Brooklyn

Midwood
Algerian Judeo-Arabic, American Sign Language, Hasidic Yiddish, Hebrew, Hebrew...

Manhattan

Morningside Heights
African-American English, Dakota, Kadazan Dusun, Mandarin, Tigrinya...

Bronx

Morris Heights
Dagbani, Hausa, Wali

Bronx

Morris Park
Italian, Italian English, Mandarin, Moroccan Arabic, Neapolitan...

Bronx

Morrisania
Dangme, Fulani, Ga, Garifuna, Jola...

Bronx

Mott Haven
Arbëresh, Central American Spanish, Mam, Mexican Spanish, Mixtec...

Bronx

Mount Hope
Akan, Ashanti, Cherepon, Dominican Spanish, Frafra...

Manhattan

Murray Hill
Afrikaans, Catalan, Chadian Arabic, Chuukese, Classical Armenian...

Queens

Murray Hill-QNS
Korean, Mandarin, Odia, Sanskrit, Taiwanese...

Staten Island

New Springville
Cantonese

Manhattan

NoMad
Korean, Lithuanian, Māori

Bronx

North Riverdale
Russian

Bronx

Norwood
Amharic, Anaang, Geʽez, Gurage, Ibibio...

Staten Island

Oakwood
Pugliese (Molese)

Brooklyn

Ocean Hill-Brownsville
African-American English, Garifuna, Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Yiddish

Queens

Ozone Park
Garo, Guyanese Creole, Indian English, Pothwari, Rangpuri...

Staten Island

Park Hill
Bassa, Gio, Gola, Kissi, Kpelle...

Brooklyn

Park Slope
Dutch, Israeli Sign Language, Istro-Romanian, Korean, Koryo-Mar...

Bronx

Parkchester
Amharic, Bengali, Bomu, Ecuadorian Kichwa, Ecuadorian Spanish...

Bronx

Pelham Bay
American Sign Language, Geg Albanian, Italian

Bronx

Pelham Parkway
Geg Albanian, Tibetan

Queens

Pomonok
Hazara

Staten Island

Port Richmond
Mam

Brooklyn

Prospect Heights
Burmese, Dawei Burmese, Intha Burmese, Mon, Rakhine...

Brooklyn

Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Darfurian Arabic, Fur, Grenadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, Haitian Creole...

Queens

Queens Village
Barbadian Creole, Bengali, French, Guyanese Creole, Haitian Creole...

Brooklyn

Red Hook
Irish, Norwegian

Queens

Rego Park
Bukhori, Danube Swabian, Jewish Neo-Aramaic (Sanandaj), Judeo-Hamadani, Judeo-Isfahani...

Queens

Richmond Hill
Bosnian, Caribbean Hindustani, Dzardzongke, Guyanese Creole, Indian English...

Queens

Ridgewood
Aromanian, Bosnian, Coptic, Danube Swabian, Ecuadorian Kichwa...

Bronx

Riverdale
Irish, Jewish English, Yiddish

Manhattan

Roosevelt Island
Alsatian, Bislama, Chiga, Fijian, Kota...

Brooklyn

Sheepshead Bay
Belarusian, Cantonese, Dungan, Eastern Armenian, Kazakh...

Staten Island

Shore Acres
Akan

Staten Island

Silver Lake
Italian

Manhattan

SoHo
Ancient Greek, Australian English, Classical Latin, New Zealand English, Portuguese...

Bronx

Soundview
Edo, Fulani, Mexican Spanish

Queens

South Jamaica
Balti, Maninka, Yoruba

Queens

South Ozone Park
Caribbean Hindustani, Dutch, Guyanese Creole, Italian, Ndyuka...

Queens

St. Albans
African-American English, Bambara, Igbo, Jamaican Patois, Mandinka...

Staten Island

St. George
Lummi

Staten Island

Stapleton
Sri Lankan English

Queens

Sunnyside
Amdo Tibetan, Aromanian, Bhojpuri, Bumthang, Chocha-ngacha...

Brooklyn

Sunset Park
Cantonese, Chakhar Mongolian, Classical Arabic, Danish, Ecuadorian Spanish...

Bronx

Throgs Neck
Pugliese (Grumese), Urhobo

Staten Island

Tompkinsville
American Sign Language, Geg Albanian, Sinhalese, Sri Lankan English, Sri Lankan Malay...

Bronx

Tremont
Bafut, Cameroonian Pidgin English, Camfranglais, Duala, Fe'fe'...

Manhattan

TriBeCa
Akan, Kikongo, Kimbundu, Malagasy

Bronx

University Heights
Akan, Ashanti, Bulgarian, Buli, Dominican Spanish...

Manhattan

Upper East Side
American Sign Language, British English, Church Slavonic, Occitan, Puerto Rican Sign Language...

Manhattan

Upper West Side
Austrian German, Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hawaiian English, Hebrew...

Queens

Utopia
Bukhori, Hindi, Neo-Mandaic, Pashto

Bronx

Van Nest
Cypriot Turkish, Urdu, Yemeni Arabic

Bronx

Wakefield
African-American English, Guyanese Creole, Jamaican Patois, Trinidadian Creole

Manhattan

Washington Heights
Biblical Hebrew, Castilian Spanish, Cuban Spanish, Dominican Spanish, Franconian...

Manhattan

West Village
Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Finnish, French, Galician...

Staten Island

Westerleigh
Molisan

Queens

Whitestone
Cilentano, Greek, Istro-Veneto, Mandarin, Molisan...

Bronx

Williamsbridge
Geg Albanian, Guyanese Creole, Jamaican Patois, Malayalam

Brooklyn

Williamsburg
Cilentano, German, Hasidic Yiddish, Lithuanian, Mandarin...

Bronx

Woodlawn
Irish, Irish English

Queens

Woodside
Aklanon, Amdo Tibetan, Banguingui, Bhojpuri, Bicolano...

Manhattan

Yorkville
Balti, Bartangi, Bavarian, German, Hungarian...
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