Little Fuzhou

Little Fuzhou
The Fukien American Association on East Broadway
Traditional Chinese小福州
Simplified Chinese小福州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiǎo Fúzhōu
Gwoyeu RomatzyhSheau Fwujou
Wade–GilesHsiao3 Fu2chou1
Tongyong PinyinSiǎo Fújhōu
IPA[ɕjàʊ fǔʈʂóʊ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSiu2 Fuk1zau1
IPA[sǐːu fʊ̂ktsɐ̂u]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSiáu-hok-chiu
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCSiēu-hók-ciŭ
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese東百老匯區
Simplified Chinese东百老汇区
Literal meaningEast Broadway Quarter
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōng Bǎilǎohuì Qū
Gwoyeu RomatzyhDong Baelaohuey Chiu
Wade–GilesTung1 Paai3 Ch'ü1
Tongyong PinyinDong Bǎilǎohuèi Cyu
IPA[tʊ́ŋ pàɪlàʊxwêɪ tɕʰý]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDung Bailauhwei Chyu
JyutpingDung1 Baak3lou5wui6 Keoi1
IPA[tɔ̂ːŋ.pāːklo̬wu̬ːi.kêy]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTang-pah-lāu-hōe Khu
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCDĕng-peh-lō-hóe Ku

Little Fuzhou is a neighborhood in the Two Bridges and Lower East Side areas of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Little Fuzhou constitutes a portion of the greater Manhattan Chinatown, home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere.[1][2] Manhattan's Chinatown is also one of the oldest Chinese ethnic enclaves.[3]

Manhattan Chinatown is one of nine Chinatown neighborhoods in New York City,[4] as well as one of twelve in the New York metropolitan area, which contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, comprising an estimated 893,697 uniracial individuals as of 2017.[5] Starting in the 1980s and especially in the 1990s, the neighborhood became a prime destination for immigrants from Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Manhattan's Little Fuzhou is centered on East Broadway. However, since the 2000s, Chinatown in the neighborhood of Sunset Park became New York City's new primary destination for the Fuzhou immigrants, surpassing the original enclave in Manhattan.[6]

  1. ^ "Chinatown New York". Civitatis New York. Retrieved November 30, 2020. As its name suggests, Chinatown is where the largest population of Chinese people live in the Western Hemisphere.
  2. ^ * "Chinatown New York City Fact Sheet" (PDF). www.explorechinatown.com. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Marina Nazario (February 10, 2016). "I went on a tour of Manhattan's Chinatown and discovered some of the most unusual groceries I've ever seen". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Stefanie Tuder (February 25, 2019). "Believe It or Not, New York City Has Nine Chinatowns". EATER NY. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "American FactFinder - Results". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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