Editing Long Island (section)

===21st century===
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[[File:The Brooklyn Tower 010.jpg|thumb|[[The Brooklyn Tower]], a 93-story [[supertall]] [[skyscraper]] in [[Downtown Brooklyn]], the tallest building on Long Island as of 2021 at a height of {{convert|1073|ft|m}}]]
At the beginning of the 21st century, a number of Long Island communities had converted their assets from [[Manufacturing|industrial]] uses to [[post-industrial]] roles. [[Brooklyn]] reversed decades of population decline and factory closings to resurface as a globally renowned cultural and intellectual hotbed. [[Gentrification]] has impacted much of Brooklyn and a portion of [[Queens]], relocating a sizeable swath of New York City's population. On eastern Long Island, [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]], [[Patchogue, New York|Patchogue]], and [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]] evolved from inactive [[shipbuilding]] and mill towns into tourist-centric commercial centers with cultural attractions.

The descendants of late 19th and early 20th-century immigrants from [[Southern Europe|southern]] and [[Eastern Europe]], and [[Great Migration (African American)|Black migrants]] from the [[Southern United States|South]], were followed by more recent immigrants from [[Asia]] and [[Latin America]]. Long Island has many ethnic [[Irish Americans in New York City|Irish]], [[Jews in New York City|Jews]], and [[Italian Americans in New York City|Italians]]. In later immigration trends, [[Asian Americans in New York City|Asians]], [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]], [[Afghan Americans|Afghans]], [[Arab Americans|Arabs]], and [[Indian Americans|Indians]] arrived on Long Island.