Sunset Park / 8 Avenue Chinatown

• NY area contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia
• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and its repeal in 1968
• Flushing the largest and fastest growing Chinatown
• Fujian Province, "Little Fuzhou" - speak Cantonese
• Expansion of Asian population into other Brooklyn mini-Chinatowns in Bensonhurst and Gravesend areas

Borough Park and the Hasidic Jewish community (take B11 Bus)

• NY area contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia
• Transition from a mixed and secular and orthodox Jewish neighborhood to a center of Hasidic culture; what is the Hasidic movement all about?
• Rapid growth and high birth rates, and how it has affected expansion, property values, zoning, and the mix of public and private yeshiva education
• Bobov Hasidic culture and its comparison to the Lubavitch in Crown Heights and Satmar in Williamsburgh
• Staggered terraces on aparment buildings for the holiday season of Sukkos
• Visit Eichler’s, a famous Judaica store, and other local kosher pizza and food stores

Bensonhurst (D train to 71 St, then use free B8 transfer if necessary)

• Formerly a center of Italian culture, some still remains
• More multi-ethnic than ever, Asian population still grows
• 17 century New Utrecht Reformed Church and the Liberty Pole
• The iconic “el” in the media - Saturday Night Fever, Welcome Back Kotter, the French Connection chase scene to name a few
• The ‘bazaar’-style stores on 86 St near 23 Avenue