Bay Ridge
Treyger speaking at the press conference this afternoon. (Photo via Treyger’s office)BENSONHURST – Following months of hateful harassment of the Asian community, an 89-year-old woman was set on fire on July 11. The 89-year-old Asian woman was slapped, and her shirt was lit on fire by two men as
Food & Drink
(Courtesy Instagram/DowntownBrooklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BK6dLwHDjjk/]) This year’s Make It In Brooklyn [/blog/business/innovators-discuss-what-it-takes-to-makeitinbk-at-summit/] confab was stuffed to the brim with heady ideas. Fortunately for attendees, there was a lunch that was similarly inventive. “Eat Your Heart Out, Brooklyn” brought purveyors from around New York
Health
(Photo by Heather Chin / Sunset Park Voice)By Heather Chin Brooklyn’s Chinese American community now has its own ambulance company — the first on the East Coast — to address a growing need for paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who speak Chinese dialects such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Toisanese. Launched
Holidays
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 [http:
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Dancers at the Chinese Moon festival celebration at the Kings Bay Y. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Paper lanterns and brightly colored balloons were strung from the ceiling of the Kings Bay Y [http://www.kingsbayy.org/]‘s auditorium Friday for the Moon Festival celebration held by members of the
Announcements
Courtesy of the Coney Island History ProjectThe Coney Island History Project [http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/] is looking to hire several part-time interviewers for an oral history project focusing on Coney Island, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend. According to the job listing [http://www.idealist.org/view/job/SdChSwkKt8jd/], the new hires will
activists
Courtesy of CAAAVIn the wake of calls for justice for indicted NYPD Office Peter Liang [/asian-american-activists-call-for-multi-city-rallies-in-support-of-indicted-nypd-officer-liang/] , more than fifty Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups from across the country have released an open letter [http://caaav.org/justiceforakaigurley-national-sign-on-letter] calling for justice for the man he killed. Officer Liang, who
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Photo by Jole CarlinerMany of our neighbors braved the cold on Sunday to watch cultural performances, lion dancers, firecrackers, and more during the annual Sunset Park Lunar New Year Parade that’s hosted by the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association [http://www.bca.net/eng/contact.html]. Each year, the popular parade
American Community Survey
Image courtesy of Business Insider [http://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-non-english-language-maps-2014-8].Is English your native language? No? What about Spanish? Well, it turns out that — to just about no one’s surprise — these are the top two languages spoken in Brooklyn homes, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau’
alina tsui
Source: visualdensity/FlickrSchool’s back in session, summer’s winding down and with that comes the mid-autumn festival, the second most important of Chinese holidays. The mid-autumn festival falls on September 8 this year, when the moon is said to be at its fullest and brightest of the year. In
asians
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
6208 8th ave
Rendering of the proposed Eighth Avenue Center by Raymond Chan. Source: World Journal via Voices of NYA group of Chinese developers are looking to erect a mall, office building, hotel and residential complex on the border of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, where they recently plunked down $51.5 million
6731 bay pkwy
A new bubble tea vendor is headed to the area, with ViVi Bubble Tea slated to open soon at 6731 Bay Parkway. Reader Neil A. tipped us off to the opening, sharing the photo above. The site, previously a bodega on the corner of West 9th Street, is still under
asians
(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 [http://www.voicesofny.org/2014/01/brooklyns-dyker-heights-draws-chinese-residents/?utm_source=Voices+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e4daa2fd9c-RSS_
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Mayoral candidate John Liu (Source: Michael Appleton for NY Times).Queens-based Comptroller John Liu has gained the support of prominent Southern Brooklyn Democrats in his bid to for mayor. Politicker is reporting [http://politicker.com/2013/09/some-southern-brooklyn-pols-flock-to-john-liu/] that demographics and Liu’s popularity among Asian communities in Southern Brooklyn
china railway shanhaiguan bridge group
Source: jasonneppinke via flickr.comFearing that the MTA is putting cost-saving measures over safety, a pair of local politicians are urging the Transit Authority not buy Chinese steel for work on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. In a press release, Democratic State Senator Diane Savino and Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis joined forces