Lapskaus Boulevard

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Lapskaus Boulevard is the nickname of 8th Avenue, located in an historically Norwegian working class neighborhood in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York State in the USA. The name "Lapskaus" was derived from a well-known northern European stew that was a staple food of lower to middle income families.

While the New York City metropolitan area had a Norwegian presence for more than 300 years, Lapskaus Boulevard began to seriously take shape in the 1920s and covered an area in the vicinity of 8th Avenue. At that time, Brooklyn had a large Norwegian colony, mostly centered around maritime activities between the years of 1950 through 1970.

Today, Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans are a minority in the area among the current residents, which include new immigrant colonies, among them Chinese and Arab-speaking peoples. Lapskaus Boulevard has been colloquially re-christened "Little Hong Kong" in recognition of these newer communities.