New Yorkers come from many different countries. Here is a map of the largest national groups to immigrate and locate in the 5 boroughs.

Below are the top 1-5 national groups in NYC:

And below is a map of the 6-10th largest national groups in NYC:

The clustering is fascinating, and note how Staten Island is not a destination for recent immigrants.

New York City is home to 3.2 million foreign-born residents, the largest number in city history, and immigrants comprise nearly 31.7% of the city’s population.14 The 10 nations constituting the largest sources of foreign-born residents are the Dominican Republic, China, Mexico, Jamaica, Guyana, Ecuador, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh, and India.

Immigrants from each of these countries tend to be clustered in specific areas of the city. To name a few examples, a large Dominican community resides in Washington Heights (MN) and the South Bronx, while residents originally from China cluster in several neighborhoods such as Chinatown (MN), Sunset Park West (BK), Bensonhurst (BK), and Flushing (QN). Jackson Heights and Corona in Queens are exceptions, where immigrants from multiple nations live.

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/wwl-plan.pdf

The Unforgivable Sin of the Safety Razor

In March, 100 years ago, The New York Times reported on how the safety razor was the enemy of the Harlem barber.

The barbers’ cartel was said to number (in Harlem) 3-500 barbers in 1911, and they called for a price fixing agreement:

In order to combat the owners of the safety razor, patrons asking for a haircut only (no shave) were to be charged $1. While a standard haircut was to be set at 25 cents with a 15 cent (straight razor) shave.

You can download the full 100 year-old article, below: