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Bohemian National Hall (between 1st and 2nd Avenue), 321 E 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021 Interior. The Bohemian National Hall (Czech: Česká národní budova) is a five-story edifice at 321 East 73rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. [1] Constructed between 1895 and 1897 in neo-Renaissance style by architect ...
The Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society is a private benevolent society founded in 1892 in Astoria, Queens, to support Czech and Slovak immigrants to the area, as well as people of Czech and Slovak ancestry. The society is commonly known as "Bohemian Hall" after its clubhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
By the end of the 19th century, a large number of Czechs and Slovaks had already settled on the Upper East Side, most of them between 65th and 73th Streets – the area known as Little Bohemia. In 1900 the New York Times stated that there were about 75 000 Bohemians residing in New York, with about 55 000 of them living on the east side of ...
Beroun, named by Czech immigrants from Beroun, Czech Republic. Bohemian Flats, a former residential area of Minneapolis that was settled by Czechoslovakian and other European immigrants. Litomysl, named after Litomyšl, Czech Republic. New Prague, named by Czech immigrants after Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
Bohemia / b oʊ h iː m iː ə / is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 9,852 at the 2020 census. It is situated along the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Islip, approximately 50 miles from New York City. A portion of Long Island MacArthur Airport is located within the ...
The Masaryk School is architecturally undistinguished, a faceless cube set among Cicero’s bungalows, but every brick was laid with loving care by immigrants determined to pass the Czech language ...
1 - the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague (second digit represents one of 10 Prague districts, so e.g. 160 00 is the main post office in Prague 6 - Dejvice). 2 - central Bohemia (272 01 Kladno, 280 01 Kolín). Numbers 200 00 - 249 99 are reserved for internal needs of the postal system itself and are not assigned to any region.
The oldest beer garden in New York City, Bohemian Hall, was founded in 1910 when Astoria was largely Irish, Italian, Bohemian , and Slovak. [ 46 ] The Greater Astoria Historical Society in the historic Quinn Memorial Building on the corner of Broadway and 36th Street serves as a valuable historical resource and provides tourist information.