Editing Koreatown, Manhattan (section)

==History==
Historically, Manhattan's [[Koreatown#New York City|Koreatown]] has been part of the [[Garment District, Manhattan|Garment District]]. In the 1980s, a Korean [[bookstore]] and a handful of restaurants were founded in the area. Their success drew other Korean-owned businesses, sustained by increased immigration from [[Korea]] and the high levels of tourist traffic stemming from nearby Midtown Manhattan landmarks like the [[Empire State Building]], [[Macy's Herald Square]], the [[United Nations Headquarters]], [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]], [[Madison Square Garden]], the [[Garment District, Manhattan|Garment District]], and the Flower District.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/realestate/19livi.html?pagewanted=all|title=Living In Koreatown Exotic Flavor, Beyond Just the Food|last=Baldwin|first=Deborah|date=October 17, 2008|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Today, Koreatown is primarily a Korean business district, but [[Japanese people in New York City|Japanese]] businesses have also emerged, and the resident Korean and Japanese populations in the area have grown as well. More broadly, Koreatown is attracting new Korean residents to the adjacent Manhattan neighborhoods of [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]], [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|Kips Bay]], and [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]]. The world's largest international Korean Pride Festival was inaugurated in Koreatown, Manhattan in October 2022 and has been growing on an annual basis.