 In 1628 the Huguenots established a congregation as "L'Église française à la Nouvelle-Amsterdam" (the French church in New Amsterdam).This parish continues today as "L'Eglise du Saint-Esprit", now a part of the Episcopal Church (United States) (Anglican) communion, and welcomes Francophone New Yorkers from all over the world.<ref></ref> Upon their arrival in New Amsterdam, Huguenots were offered land directly across from Manhattan on Long Island for a permanent settlement and chose the harbour at the end of Newtown Creek, becoming the first Europeans to live in Brooklyn, then known as Boschwick, in the neighbourhood now known as Bushwick.Huguenot immigrants did not disperse or settle in different parts of the country, but rather, formed three societies or congregations; one in the city of New York, another 21 miles north of New York in a town which they named New Rochelle, and a third further upstate in New Paltz.