Chinatowns in Brooklyn

Chinatowns in Brooklyn
8th Avenue in Brooklyn Chinatown
Traditional Chinese	布魯克林華埠
Simplified Chinese	布鲁克林华埠
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bùlǔkèlín Huá Bù Gwoyeu Romatzyh Buhluukelin Hwa Buh Wade–Giles Pu4lu3k'e4lin2 Hua2 Pu4 Tongyong Pinyin Niǒuyue Húa Bú IPA [pûlùkʰɤ̂lǐn xwǎ pʰû] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Bou3lou5haak1lam4 Waa4 Bou6 IPA [pο̄ulo̬uháːklȁːm wȁː pòu]

The first Brooklyn Chinatown (simplified Chinese: 布鲁克林华埠; traditional Chinese: 布魯克林華埠; pinyin: bùlǔkèlín huábù),^[1][2] was originally established in the Sunset Park area of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic Chinese enclaves outside of Asia, as well as within New York City itself. Because this Chinatown is rapidly evolving into an enclave predominantly of Fuzhou immigrants from Fujian Province in China, it is now increasingly common to refer to it as the Little Fuzhou or Fuzhou Town of the Western Hemisphere; as well as the largest Fuzhou enclave of New York City.

Brooklyn's Chinese population has grown larger than the original Chinatown area, forming three larger Chinatowns between Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, and Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay.^[3] While the foreign-born Chinese population in New York City jumped 35 percent between 2000 and 2013, to 353,000 from about 262,000, the foreign-born Chinese population in Brooklyn increased from 86,000 to 128,000.^[4] The newer Brooklyn Chinatowns that evolved are mostly Cantonese speaking and therefore they are sometimes regarded as a Little Hong Kong/Guangdong or Cantonese Town.^[4]

The 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning indicated that Bensonhurst had Brooklyn's largest number of Asian residents, with 46,000, with Central Sunset Park containing 31,400 Asian residents. The Asian population in southern Brooklyn is primarily Chinese-speaking.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}