Map of Sunset Park Now the second-largest Chinese-American community in the New York City area, Sunset Park was once Brooklyn's home to Norwegian immigrants -- so much so that 8th Avenue was known in the area as "Lapskaus Boulevard" after a Norwegian stew made with salted beef.
Our primary source for neighborhood names and locations is the
New York City Department of City Planning. Additional information is from Kenneth Jackson and John B.
Manbeck's book The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Brooklyn by Name by Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss.
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