Building Brooklyn: Finntown

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Nov 22, 202100:30:00Government & Organizations

In the early 1900s, if you walked around Sunset Park, you might have heard Finnish being spoken on the streets. That's because the neighborhood was home to the largest concentration of Finns in New York City, and though...

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