Dutch Americans in New York City

Dutch people have had a continuous presence in New York City for nearly 400 years, being the earliest European settlers.

New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624.

[2] Many places and institutions in New York City still bear a colonial Dutch toponymy, including Brooklyn (Breukelen), Harlem (Haarlem), Wall Street (Waal Straat), Bowery (bouwerij), and Coney Island (conyne).

[8] List of former Dutch Reformed churches in New York City: In September 1654, the first organized group of Jewish immigrants arrived in New Amsterdam.

[9] The Ansche Chesed synagogue on the Upper West Side was founded in 1828 by a group of Dutch, German, and Polish Jews who split off from Congregation B'nai Jeshurun.

Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, 2007.
Saint Nicholas Day event held in 1892 by the Saint Nicholas Day Society in 1892.
Congregation Shaaray Tefila, 127 West 44th Street. Henry Fernbach, arch. (1869).