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Celebrate The Year Of The Ox In Brooklyn

Get ready to welcome the Year of The Ox – the Lunar New Year – which falls on February 12. This year, several of our usual favorite celebrations – like the Sunset Park parade – are missing, and a lot has changed since last year’s Year of the Rat in the Brooklyn Chinatown.

Arts & Culture

Where to Celebrate Chinese New Year This Weekend

Ring in the Year of the Rat with these special Chinese and Lunar New Year celebrations: make puppets with the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, dumplings with MOLD Magazine, indulge in multi-course feasts at Mission Chinese – so much happening in the coming week. Whatever you prefer, there are plenty of ways

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Brooklyn Celebrates Chinese New Year in Sunset Park [PHOTOS]

SUNSET PARK – The streets were packed with people—and covered in confetti—as Brooklyn residents celebrated the Lunar Near Year, welcoming the Year of the Dog. Check out our photos from the celebration below!

Central Brooklyn

Sunset Park New Year’s Event Honors Fire Monkey, With Electeds, Lions, Fireworks & Crowds Kowtowing

The children sang, but so too did the electeds, all saluting Paul P. Mak, the Executive Director of the Brooklyn Chinese American Association (BCA), at the 2016 Sunset Park Chinese New Year’s celebration. Pak and the BCA have organized the event for the past 29 years. BCA executive director

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Year Of The Monkey: 7 Ways To Celebrate Chinese New Year In Brooklyn

Source: yewenyi via FlickrIt’s the year of the (fire) monkey! February 8 marked the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American community, there will be many opportunities to celebrate this lively cultural event all month long. From red envelopes to lion dances,

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Lunar New Year Symbols, Explained

Photo by Jole CarlinerGung Hay Fat Choy! Tlin Ne Fai Lok! Lunar New Year celebrations begin on Monday, February 8 this year – the Year of the Monkey and the start of the year 4714 according to the lunar calendar. Here in New York, the signs of celebration include parades and

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Year Of The Monkey: 7 Ways To Celebrate Chinese New Year In Brooklyn

Source: yewenyivia FlickrIt’s the year of the (fire) monkey! February 8 marked the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American community, there will be many opportunities to celebrate this lively cultural event all month long. From red envelopes to lion dances, we’

Events

Year Of The Monkey: 7 Ways To Celebrate Chinese New Year In Brooklyn

Source: yewenyi via FlickrIt’s the year of the (fire) monkey! February 8 marked the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American community, there will be many opportunities to celebrate this lively cultural event all month long. From red envelopes to lion dances,

Holidays

Lunar New Year Symbols & Customs Explained

Photo by Jole CarlinerGung Hay Fat Choy! Tlin Ne Fai Lok! Lunar New Year celebrations began on Monday, February 8 this year – the Year of the Monkey and the start of the year 4714 according to the lunar calendar. Here in New York, the signs of celebration include parades and

Holidays

Lunar New Year Symbols, Explained

Photo by Jole CarlinerGung Hay Fat Choy! Tlin Ne Fai Lok! Lunar New Year celebrations begin on Monday, February 8 this year – the Year of the Monkey and the start of the year 4714 according to the lunar calendar. Here in New York, the signs of celebration include parades and

Events

Celebrate The Year Of The (Fire) Monkey At Sunset Park’s Lunar New Year Parade [Update: Postponed]

(Chinese New Year celebration on 8th Avenue, Brooklyn. Photo: Jole Carliner)Update [February 13, 7pm]: The parade has been postponed until Sunday, February 21 because of extreme weather headed our way. Monkeys are smart, curious, innovative, and lovable, with an unruly temper and snotty attitude. This year the moon is

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Sunday: Bensonhurst’s First Annual Lunar New Year Parade On 18th Avenue

Did you miss Sunset Park’s Lunar New Year Parade? No worries. This Sunday, March 1, Bensonhurst will get its very own, first-ever Lunar New Year parade and festival on 18th Avenue, between 65th Street and 73rd Street. The festivities will include a Lion Dance, a Dragon Dance, live performances,

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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:

1601 80th st

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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Chinese New Year Celebration at the Kings Bay Y

Chinese New Year Celebration in Kings Bay Y’s Social Adult Day Care program will take place on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The Social Adult Day Care program is celebrating with a festive lunch, an award ceremony for volunteers and members, music,

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A Master's Blessing for Chinese New Year

Today is Chinese New Year’s and our Sheepshead Bay Chinatown is open and ready to celebrate in our local, low-key way. I called numerous Asian cultural organizations and found that almost everyone who might be in-the-know was already on holiday. That’s when I realized that Sheepshead Bay prefers