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Seven Great Ways To Celebrate Chinese New Years In Brooklyn

It’s the year of the ram! February 19 marks the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since Southern Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American community, there will be many opportunities to celebrate this lively cultural event all month long. According to Chinese astrology, 2015 is the year of

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Police Warn of Scam Artists Targeting Elderly Asian Women

Source: Krokodyl via Wikimedia CommonsA team of scam artists is targeting elderly Asian women in Bensonhurst and Bath Beach, police warned at the 62nd Precinct’s Community Council meeting yesterday. On November 5, three woman approached a 74-year-old woman at a restaurant on 86th street and 24th Avenue and offered

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Local Pols Hail Swearing In Of Brooklyn’s First Asian-American Elected Official As “Historic”

Source: Colton’s officeThe following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman William Colton: In a historic swearing-in ceremony, Mrs. Nancy Tong became the first Asian-American elected official in the borough of Brooklyn. On Sunday, September 21st, Nancy Tong was formally sworn-in by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

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Gentile Travels To Taiwan For Diplomatic Exchange

This man will not eat a still living, half deep-fried fish. Whatever happened to leadership, America? (Source: council.nyc.gov)Councilman Vincent Gentile is gallivanting around Taiwan, a.k.a. the Republic of China, on a diplomatic exchange with Taiwanese government officials and tech entrepreneurs. He hopes to learn about

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Crain’s Puts Spotlight On Bath Beach’s Demographic Changes

Can’t we all just get along? (Source:dtanist/Flickr)Crain’s New York Business Journal turned its gaze to Bath Beach, making the less-than-subtle observation that “Chinese replace Italians as area’s dominant force.” M’kay. Not exactly a newsflash to those that live around here. But it opened

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Tomorrow: Chinese New Year Celebration At Seth Low IS 96

From our friends at the Federation of Italian-American Organizations’ (FIAO) Beacon Center:

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Once Shunned, Chinese Population Booms In Bensonhurst And Dyker Heights

(Source: Howard WeissWhen Asian immigrants, mostly from China, began immigrating to Dyker Heights, the local Italian residents were unfriendly to the new community and resisted the move, according to an article in Voices of NY. As we recently wrote, a report completed by The New York City Planning Department notes

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Community Celebrates Lunar New Year With Dance At New Utrecht H.S.

Neighbors and school community members came together Sunday at New Utrecht High School (1601 80th Street) to celebrate the Asian Lunar New Year. The school’s auditorium was filled to the max with people of all different age who came to support the performers and celebrate the holiday. The atmosphere

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Local Pols: “It’s About Time” For City-Funded Asian Senior Center

An HCS-organized senior health fair earlier this month. (Source: HCS)We told you on Tuesday about the Bensonhurst annex of the Homecrest Community Services senior center, and that it is now the first publicly-funded senior center focused on the unique needs of the Asian-American community. On Monday, State Senator Martin

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Federal Judge Called In To Help Guide Redistricting

Tuesday, a panel of federal judges declined to dismiss a legal challenge to New York State’s redistricting process, instead naming a federal judge to assist in drawing up new district maps, writes the New York Times. The panel mandated that lawyers for New York’s legislative leaders convene with

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New York Mart: Roasted Eel – The Bite

And now for something completely different...Welcome back to The Bite, Sheepshead Bites’ weekly column where we explore the foodstuffs of Sheepshead Bay. Each week we check out a different offering from one of the many restaurants, delis, food carts, bakeries, butchers, fish mongers, or grocers in our neighborhood. If

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Crowd Swarms Ave U Clothing Store

A “50 percent off” sale of North Face products caused a mob scene yesterday at Downtown, a clothing retailer on Avenue U and Bedford Avenue. We’re not really sure what the big deal was, but for most of yesterday afternoon and into the evening lines formed down the block.