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College Point

Queens
In the Census-defined PUMA including Flushing, Murray Hill & Whitestone, according to recent Census data, (in descending order) Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek, Russian, Bengali, Italian, and Croatian each have more than 1000 speakers. English, Korean, and Spanish varieties are widely spoken in the area as well.
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Languages with a significant site in this neighborhood, marked by a point on the map:

Austrian German

Österreichisches Deutsch
While the Austrian Cultural Forum today represents a de facto cultural embassy for the Austrian government, small Austrian German-speaking communities have also existed around the city, usually among other communities speaking Germanic language varieties. One substantial community came from the Burgenland in today's eastern Austria, with many settling in Queens neighborhoods such as Ridgewood and College Point and forming the Brüderschaft der Burgenländer New York in 1937. Many mid-20th century Austrian Jewish Austrian refugees settled on the Upper West Side or in Washington Heights and frequented establishments like Eclair, a popular spot for intellectuals and artists suffused with nostalgia for Viennese cafe culture.

Colombian Spanish

Español Colombiano
Large numbers of Colombians immigrated New York, especially the area around Jackson Heights dubbed Chapinero after a fashionable Bogota neighborhood, starting in the 1960s and 70s. Today Queens' Centro Civico Colombiano remains an important hub, but newer communities have also emerged in College Point; Elizabeth, New Jersey; and elsewhere.

Friulian

Furlan
According to Famee Furlane organization representing Friulians in New York, "The area from 37th Street to 23rd Street, between 1st and 3rd Avenues was known as 'Piccolo Friuli' at the time and early meetings were held at Marchi’s Restaurant on 31st Street. The Civic Club on 34th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, which today serves as Estonian House, was the first official clubhouse from the mid 1930’s to the early 1940’s. Between 1948 and 1953, the Famèe Furlane headquarters was located at the corner of 28th Street and Second Avenue." In the following decades, Friulian New Yorkers moved to outlying areas of the city and its suburbs, with a concentration in Queens — some speakers reportedly living in Bayside, Bay Terrace, and Corona, with a clubhouse in College Point.

Konkani

कोंकणी
Konkani speakers from the Indian state of Goa, formerly ruled by Portugal, live across the tri-state area, with groups including the Mangalorean Catholic Association-East Coast (holding events in New Jersey) and the Goan Association of New York (holding events at St. Luke's Church in Whitestone, Queens) representing the community.

Macedonian

Македонски
Seeking refuge from the Ottoman Empire, a substantial number of Macedonians first arrived in the U.S. in the early 1900s, with many finding jobs in factories. In the 1960s, another wave of Macedonians arrived, leaving what was then Yugoslavia. Today a large number of Macedonian Americans live in northern New Jersey, while a smaller community exists in College Point, Queens, centered around the St. Clemens of Orhid Orthodox Church. The Macedonian Arts Council in Lower Manhattan is another focal point. There are also many speakers with the Balkan Roma community based in the Bronx (from Macedonia), who worship at the Musa Mosque.

Tatar

Tatarca
Several distinct but related Tatar communities have settled in New York City over the past century or more. Soon after arriving in Ellis Island in the late 19th/early 20th century from Lithuania, Poland, and Belarus, Lipka ("Lithuanian") Tatars from western areas of the Tatar-speaking world bought a building on 104 Powers St. in their newfound home of Williamsburg — establishing North America's oldest surviving mosque. At its most active from the 1930s to 1960s, the mosque today still attracts Tatars from the wider region who return on special days like Kurban Bayrami (the name for Eid al-Adha). A later influx of Tatars from various backgrounds, including many from the former Soviet Union, have a long-standing community in eastern Queens, where the American Tatar Association makes its home in College Point, while some Volga Tatars are part of the Russian-speaking matrix of Brighton Beach.
Additional languages spoken in this neighborhood:
  • Mandarin
  • Wenzhounese
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