New Square, New York

E800573

New Square, New York is a small, incorporated village in Rockland County known for its predominantly Hasidic Jewish community and distinctive religious and cultural character.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
New Square, New York canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf incorporated village ⓘ
village ⓘ
censusDesignation village in Rockland County, New York ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage Yiddish ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Rockland County ⓘ
culturalCharacter Haredi Jewish ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic high population density ⓘ
large families ⓘ
predominantly Hasidic population ⓘ
dressCodeCharacteristic traditional Hasidic dress ⓘ
foundedAs planned Hasidic community ⓘ
governmentType village government ⓘ
hasCommunityInstitutionType charitable organizations ⓘ
mikvahs ⓘ
synagogues ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionsType religious schools ⓘ
yeshivas ⓘ
hasFeature distinctive cultural norms ⓘ
distinctive religious customs ⓘ
gender-segregated public religious life ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Mayor ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasPostalCodeType ZIP Code ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Judaism ⓘ
hasSocioeconomicCharacteristic high poverty rate compared to national average ⓘ
large share of residents receiving public assistance ⓘ
low labor-force participation among men due to full-time religious study ⓘ
hasUTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
locatedIn Town of Ramapo ⓘ
linked to: Ramapo, New York
locatedInRegion Lower Hudson Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Monsey, New York ⓘ
Spring Valley, New York ⓘ
namedAfter Skver Hasidic dynasty ⓘ
Skvyra ⓘ
observes Jewish religious law (Halakha) ⓘ
kosher dietary laws ⓘ
strict Sabbath observance ⓘ
predominantCommunity Hasidic Jews ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism
religiousAffiliation Skver Hasidic movement ⓘ
religiousCharacter Hasidic Jewish ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
transportCharacteristic limited commercial development ⓘ
reliance on private and community transportation ⓘ
zoningCharacteristic dense multi-family housing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NY 45 → connects → New Square, New York ⓘ
Skver Hasidic dynasty → hasMajorCenter → New Square, New York ⓘ
Ramapo, New York → contains → New Square, New York ⓘ