page_title: Koreatown
section_title: Bergen County
hierarchical_section_title: Koreatown / Locations / Americas / United States / New York metropolitan area / Bergen County
caption_attribution_description: Broad Avenue at downtown Palisades Park, New Jersey
context_page_description: A Koreatown, also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula.
context_section_description: Koreans began moving to eastern Bergen County, New Jersey in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, several enclaves were established. According to the 2010 Census, Bergen County had the highest per capita population of Koreans of any United States county, at 6.3%, including all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population.  In 2012, the county mandated the publication of voting ballots in the Korean language.
  The two most prominent Koreatowns are centered along Broad Avenue in Palisades Park and Leonia, Ridgefield and around the intersection of Main Street and Lemoine Avenue in Fort Lee, close to the George Washington Bridge. Both districts have developed dining destinations for Korean cuisine, while Broad Avenue in Palisades Park has evolved into a dessert destination as well. Koreatown, Palisades Park has been nicknamed the Korean village and Koreatown on the Hudson. The Chusok Korean Thanksgiving harvest festival has become an annual tradition celebrated in Overpeck County Park. Korean chaebols have established North American headquarters operations in Bergen County, including Samsung, LG Corp, and Hanjin Shipping. Korean professionals have also expanded northward into the Northern Valley area and more recently, into adjacent Rockland County, New York. Route 303 in Tappan, New York, Rockland County, has become the hub of Korean activity in the Lower Hudson Valley area.
caption: Broad Avenue, Koreatown in Palisades Park, Bergen County, New Jersey,[60][61] where Koreans comprise the majority (52%) of the population.[62][63][64]
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