Little Syria, Manhattan
Former Neighborhood in Manhattan in New York City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Little Syria (Arabic: سوريا الصغيرة) was a diverse neighborhood that existed in the New York City borough of Manhattan from the late 1880s until the 1940s.[2] The name for the neighborhood came from the Arabic-speaking population who emigrated from Ottoman Syria, an area which today includes the nations of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.[3] Also called the Syrian Quarter, or Syrian Colony in local newspapers it encompassed a few blocks reaching from Washington Street in Battery Park to above Rector Street.[2] This neighborhood became the center of New York's first community of Arabic-speaking immigrants. In spite of this name the neighborhood was never exclusively Syrian or Arab, as there were also many Irish, German, Slavic, and Scandinavian immigrant families present.[4]
Little Syria
سوريا الصغيرة | |
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Coordinates: 40°42′29″N 74°00′50″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
City | New York City |
Borough | Manhattan |
Community District | Manhattan 1[1] |
ZIP Code | 10280 |
Area codes | 212, 332, 646, and 917 |
The neighborhood declined as the inhabitants began moving out to other areas, Brooklyn Heights, the Sunset Park area and Bay Ridge, with many shops relocating to Atlantic Avenue, in Brooklyn.[5] The community disappeared almost entirely when a great deal of lower Washington Street was demolished to make way for the entrance ramps to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.[6][7][8] The quarter was located at the southern edge of the site that would become the World Trade Center.[6] After the September 11 terrorist attacks the cornerstone of the Syrian St. Joseph's Maronite Church was found in the rubble.[8]