Chinatown: The insider's guide to living there

… few have transformed as dramatically as those of Manhattans Chinatown What began as a small enclave around Pell Doyers … to 2000 an increase that Peter Kwong author of The New Chinatown attributes to a violent antiChinese movement in … the pandemic I volunteer at a food pantry here and its funding has been cut in half The Pathmark was torn down to …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 25, 2022 - 2:30PM
Crown Heights: The insider's guide to living there

… population of Crown Heights has fluctuated a lot since the Weeksville days According to the most recent census about 74 … shared by Caribbean Americans a growing number of hipster renters and a large and growing Lubavitch ultraOrthodox … to the east and Empire Boulevard to the south … Average rent … $1888  … Average sales price … $1190 000 For more …

By Marjorie Cohen |June 21, 2021 - 1:30PM
Ridgewood, Queens: The insider's guide to living there

… of it He did move once but that was just down the block and on the same side of the street He loves to tell visitors … colonial times and the two neighborhoods once actually overlapped Not anymore Since 1980 Ridgewood has had its own … also have easy access to quite a few bus lines such as the Q55 and the B48 to get to other parts of Brooklyn or Queens I …

By Marjorie Cohen |February 23, 2021 - 12:30PM