Once another of Brooklyn’s shipping towns, populated by working class Irish, Polish and Norwegian immigrant families, Sunset Park experienced a cultural and commercial rebirth with arrival of Puerto Rican, Dominican and Mexican immigrants during the late 20th century. Chinese immigrants have also created their own pockets of community within Sunset Park, much like in Manhattan’s Chinatown and Flushing. With a focus on family, community development initiatives include the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association and the United Puerto Rican organization of Sunset Park. Free of the impending threat of gentrification, some argue that Sunset Park best embodies New York’s multicultural spirit. With thriving small businesses (a result of the late 1990s real estate boom), the area is still experiencing a quiet commercial revival.