slow to improve in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen. Other sizable Irish-American communities include Belle Harbor and Breezy Point, both in Queens. Two big Irish communities are Marine Park and neighboring Gerritsen Beach. The Irish have also settled "to a far lesser extent [in] Maspeth, Woodside, and Sunnyside, Queens." The Irish Catholic men were successful in joining the New York City Police Department as well as the New York Fire Department. Religious women became nuns teaching in parochial schools; others became public school teachers. In the neighborhoods, the Irish organized to again control over territory, jobs, and political organizations. As the "new immigrants" from Southern and Eastern Europe arrived 1880s-1914, the Irish incorporating them into their established system. It was a process of "Americanization." The Irish dominated the Catholic Church as bishops, priests, pastors and nuns. The Church worked hard to keep Catholicism strong among the new arrivals, opening parish schools and high schools. After 1945, a large-scale movement to the suburbs was made possible by the steady upward social mobility of the Irish. Irish colleges and universities Fordham University Founded by Archbishop John Hughes an Irish immigrant, and built by Irish labor. Most of the Jesuits are Irish-Americans and Irish Americans make up a sizeable amount of the student body. The University president Rev. Joseph McShane, SJ is an Irish American. St. John's University Founded by Bishop John Laughlin an Irish immigrant aiming to educate Irish and other immigrants in a strong Catholic atmosphere. Almost every president of the University has been an Irish American, and many of the Vincentian priests that run the University are Irish as well as lay staff and professors. The University president Rev. Brian Shanley, OP is an Irish American. Manhattan College A large amount of the student body, staff and professors are Irish American. Its athletic teams are named the Jaspers, in honor of Brother Jasper of Mary, an Irish immigrant, administrator at the school and inventor of the seventh inning stretch. The College president Brennan O'Donnell, is an Irish American. Irish neighborhoods Current Woodlawn, Bronx North Riverdale, Bronx City Island, Bronx Pelham Bay, Bronx Throggs Neck, Bronx Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn Marine Park, Brooklyn Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn Broad Channel, Queens Belle Harbor, Queens Breezy Point, Queens Rockaway Park, Queens Rockaway Beach, Queens Sunnyside, Queens Maspeth, Queens Woodside, Queens St. George, Staten Island West Brighton, Staten Island Randall Manor, Staten