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====Chinese American==== [[File:Brooklyn_Chinatown.png|thumb|[[Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn)#Chinatown|8th Avenue]] in Brooklyn's [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]] Chinatown]] {{main|Chinatowns in Brooklyn|Chinese people in New York City}} Over 200,000 [[Chinese people in New York City|Chinese Americans]] live throughout the southern parts of Brooklyn, primarily concentrated in [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]], [[Bensonhurst, Brooklyn|Bensonhurst]], [[Gravesend, Brooklyn|Gravesend]], and [[Homecrest, Brooklyn|Homecrest]]. Brooklyn is the borough that is home to the highest number of [[Chinatowns in the Americas#New York City|Chinatowns in New York City]]. The largest concentration is in Sunset Park along 8th Avenue, which has become known for its [[Culture of China|Chinese culture]] since the opening of the now-defunct Winley Supermarket in 1986 spurred widespread settlement in the area. It is called [[Chinatowns in Brooklyn|"Brooklyn's Chinatown"]] and originally it was a small Chinese enclave with [[Cantonese]] speakers being the main [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] population during the late 1980s and 1990s, but since the 2000s, the Chinese population in the area dramatically shifted to majority [[Fuzhounese Americans]], which contributed immensely to expanding this Chinatown, and bestowing the nicknames "[[Chinatowns in Brooklyn#Fuzhou Town, Brooklyn|Fuzhou Town]] ({{lang|zh|η¦ε·ε }}), Brooklyn" or the "[[Little Fuzhou]] ({{lang|zh|ε°η¦ε·}})" of Brooklyn. Many [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese restaurants]] can be found throughout Sunset Park, and the area hosts a popular [[Chinese New Year]] celebration. Since the 2000s going forward, the growing concentration of the Cantonese speaking population in Brooklyn have dramatically shifted to Bensonhurst/Gravesend and Homecrest creating newer Chinatowns of Brooklyn and these newer Brooklyn Chinatowns are known as "Brooklyn's Little Hong Kong/Guangdong" due to their Chinese populations being overwhelmingly Cantonese populated.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tuder|first=Stefanie|date=February 25, 2019|title=Believe It or Not, New York City Has Nine Chinatowns|url=https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/25/18236523/chinatowns-restaurants-elmhurst-homecrest-bensonhurst-east-village-little-neck-forest-hills-nyc|url-status=live|website=[[Eater (website)|Eater]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226081349/https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/25/18236523/chinatowns-restaurants-elmhurst-homecrest-bensonhurst-east-village-little-neck-forest-hills-nyc |archive-date=February 26, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Robbins|first=Liz|date=April 15, 2015|title=With an Influx of Newcomers, Little Chinatowns Dot a Changing Brooklyn|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/nyregion/influx-of-chinese-immigrants-is-reshaping-large-parts-of-brooklyn.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416111153/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/nyregion/influx-of-chinese-immigrants-is-reshaping-large-parts-of-brooklyn.html |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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