Barren Island, Brooklyn use as a garbage dump. Waste and animal carcasses from Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx was sent to Barren Island, while New York City's other two boroughs, Queens and Staten Island, had their own garbage disposal sites. The Sanitary Utilization Company disposed of glass bottles and other non-processable items on the northern coast of Barren Island. Some valuable trash, such as jewelry, also ended up on Barren Island. The island's residents did not mind the smell of the processed garbage. However, the incinerator's scents were so noxious that residents on "mainland" Brooklyn, away, could not stand the odors. In 1899,
Caribbean immigration to New York City community as "Loisaida"), Spanish Harlem and Williamsburg, Brooklyn since the 1950s. There are large Puerto Rican populations throughout the 5 boroughs, with the Bronx having the largest. Currently, Bushwick and several South Bronx neighborhoods, such as Soundview, have some of the largest numbers of Puerto Ricans in the city. However, there has been an increase in Puerto Ricans in outlying areas of the city, such as the North Shore of Staten Island, and the eastern Bronx. Caribbean immigration to New York City Caribbean immigration to New York City has been prevalent since the early 1900s. This immigration wave saw large