Walk through Brooklyn’s Chinatown, Boro Park, Bensonhurst; discover the Cantonese Asian community, a center of Hasidic Judiasm, the remaining Italian business on 18 Avenue, and the busy commercial strip of 86 St ...
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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
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NOTE: On this walk please bring a METROCARD, either an unlimited ride pass or with at least THREE FARES since we will be using the bus (B11) and subway (D) intermittently. After the walk, enjoy on your own a lunch in many of the Asian restaurants on 86 St, continue on the subway to Coney Island, or return to 8 Avenue Chinatown. Possibly continue down 86 St to L&B Spumoni Gardens as well !
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Google maps - approximate route (3 sections) ...
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