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'''Little Poland''' is an informal name for part of a neighborhood in [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]], in the [[New York City]] [[borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Brooklyn]]. The name "Little Poland" came to be applied to it following an influx of [[Poland|Polish]] immigrants after 1900. |
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Earlier, several other places in [[New York City]] had been called "Little Poland."(1) |
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''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote in a [[June 22]], [[1984]], article (page B2): |
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"Manhattan Avenue is the heart of what residents call Little Poland. There are Polish meat stores with strings of kielbasa, bakeries with Polish bread and babkas, supermarkets with Polish pickles, jams, dried soups and sauerkraut." {{Ref|1}} |
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== References == |
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{{note|1}} http://www.barrypopik.com/article/224/little-poland |
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{{Brooklyn}} |
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[[Category:Brooklyn neighborhoods]] |
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[[Category:Polish-Americans]] |
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Revision as of 00:00, 28 April 2007
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