brooklyn chinatown

 

mostly instagrammed --> this is sunset park, now the largest chinatown in nyc, it runs around and along 8th avenue from the 40s-70s streets --> there are satellite chinatowns in brooklyn’s bensonhurst and sheepshead bay neighborhoods as well --> fun fact --> sunset used to be a norwegian neighborhood, then it was abandoned with 90% empty fronts for years on end

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Brooklyn

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130425/sunset-park/where-eat-brooklyn-chinatowns-best-asian-fare

 

 

 

 

 

 

getting a bit of size

 

 

 

 

the 75y.o. soccer tavern bar hangs in there fine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

new amongst the old

 

 

 

 

 

 

crowdy in places

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fire?

 

 

 

 

 

fading fast

 

 

 

o brooklyn chinatown u so funny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

why not all night?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

they seem to own or manage a lot of the properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

there is an arabic neighborhood just to the south and ecuadorian i think to the north

 

 

 

 

chinese fixie boys?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now that’s 1st class

 

 

 

 

 

 

are you feeling good about this thread?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*** i hope you enjoyed a stroll around little fuzhou -- brooklyn’s fast growing chinatown ***

 

I wish we could draw an Asian community that would demand such commercial space!

Crazy how it surpassed Flushing last year.

that's really surprising that it's the largest Chinatown now. I remember when it was in 3rd place. Also I think Sunset Park is still heavily Latino, no? Too bad it's not so Norwegian anymore (also a lot of Finns at one time). Where can you get decent lutefisk? :-P

yes it used to be pretty forelorn along 8th ave, blue-collar, but never a bad neighborhood.

 

its really neck and neck with flushing chinatown, but its cheaper, so i would guess it will stay larger, but who knows?

 

I can't believe how ignorant I am; I didn't even KNOW there was a second New York Chinatown. I just knew about the Manhattan one.

^Flushing was the "second" one.  This one is the third.

and several other satellite level chinatowns beyond that. all worth a visit if you have like, unlimited visit time!

 

size-wise, heres something about it being neck and neck with flushing:

 

According to a Daily News article, Brooklyn's Chinatown has surpassed the size of Manhattan's Chinatown and now ranks #1 as the largest Chinatown in NYC with 34,218 Chinese residents, up from 19,963 in 2000, a 71% increase. The Flushing Chinatown (法拉盛華埠) ranks #2 as NYC's largest Chinese community with 33,526 Chinese, up from 17,363, a 93% increase. As with Manhattan's Chinatown, Chinese population has declined by 17%, from 34,554 to 28,681 since 2000.

 

^ of course, who knows about the undocumented?? i'd guess you could at least double that.