On a brisk December morning, it was impossible to walk down Flushing’s Main Street without having flyers thrust at you for “cram school,” where sixth graders from many Chinese families study for entrance exams to the city’s elite public schools.
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A War to Enter Hunter High
Posted on 31 January 2016.
Posted in Boroughs, Chinese, Communities, Education, Featured, Queens0 Comments
Move over, France; Korean skin care moves into U.S. markets
Posted on 27 December 2015.
At the Macy’s store in Queens, the latest cosmetic arrival is the small Peach & Lily shop. Every product here comes from Korea, the world’s fastest-growing beauty marketer.
Posted in Business, Featured, News, Queens0 Comments
One City, Many Cultures
Posted on 27 December 2015.
Global City NYC reporters explore religious, culinary and cultural traditions in the city’s ethnic neighborhoods. We learn flamenco, watch Chinatown’s chess wars, uncover the secrets of homemade phyllo — and more.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Boroughs, Business, Chinese, Communities, Featured, Greek, Manhattan, Queens0 Comments
New York has fewer Greeks, but one more Greek grocery
Posted on 24 December 2015.
Astoria’s Greek community is shrinking, but not the appetite for Greek food. The venerable Mediterranean Foods just opened its third outlet there, in time to sell Christopsoumo, a traditional bread, for Christmas.
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Spanish Restaurant Mogul Bids Farewell to 14th Street
Posted on 11 December 2015.
One of New York City’s oldest restaurants, La Nacional, closes next month — then reopens in the spring under the new, nonprofit management of the Spanish Benevolent Society.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Boroughs, Communities, Featured, Manhattan, News0 Comments
As city rents rise, artists flock to affordable neighborhoods for work space
Posted on 14 November 2015.
For years, creative professionals have been pushed out of Manhattan by gentrification. Now, one artist and entrepreneur is providing cheaper studios in East Harlem to keep the community of Latino artists there alive and encourage the public to discover and appreciate the area’s unique art.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Communities, Dominican, Featured, Manhattan, Mexican, Puerto Rican0 Comments
Bangladeshis split on the lines of free speech
Posted on 07 November 2015.
Despite the continuous spate of blogger killings in Bangladesh, free speech activists in New York find themselves battling an apathetic ethnic media
Posted in Bangladeshi, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crime, Featured, Issues, Manhattan, News, Queens, Religion0 Comments
Haitian-Americans climb up the greasy pole of politics in New York
Posted on 02 November 2015.
A year after Rodneyse Bichotte became the first Haitian-American woman elected in New York state, she’s learned the sometimes delicate balancing act that’s needed to represent a diverse constituency.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian0 Comments
New hat business continues trend of community representation
Posted on 01 November 2015.
Young Dominicans in Upper Manhattan are making and buying hats that show “uptown pride.”
Posted in Boroughs, Communities, Dominican, Featured, Manhattan0 Comments
Embracing English in a Russian haven
Posted on 19 October 2015.
Once a week, several Brighton Beach residents gather to practice a neighborhood rarity: English.
Posted in Boroughs, Bronx, Brooklyn, Communities, Education, Featured, Russian0 Comments
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