Little Caughnawaga & Ironwork

As ironworking became a rising tradition within the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, many migrated to New York City to aid in the city’s construction boom. While these fearless ironworkers changed the skyline of the Empire State with structures such as the Waldorf Astoria and Triborough bridge, they needed a place to stay, a community they could call their own. With that, the historical neighbourhood of Little Caughnawaga was formed. Created in the streets of Brooklyn, Little Caughnawaga housed hundreds of Kahnawa’kehró:non ironworkers and their families, shaping into a place that they were able to call their second home, while they built some of New York’s most iconic infrastructures.