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Coming to Work

Jobs and opportunity draw immigrants to Brooklyn. Immigrants, in turn, bring energy, skills, and ideas that create more jobs and opportunity.

Today's newcomers are often Latin Americans, Eastern Europeans, and Asians. Yesterday's, were Italians and Jews, who in turn followed Germans and Irish. Many immigrants find jobs within their ethnic communities or practice trades they learned in their homelands. Others seek whatever work they can find. Brooklyn's port and factories once were the top employers. Now, schools, hospitals, government, and other service industries lead.