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Elderly Asian Woman Was Lit On Fire In Bensonhurst, Not A Hate Crime?

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

Make It In Brooklyn Served Up Food For Thought

(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

New Ambulance Service To Provide Chinese Language Health Care And Jobs To Brooklynites

(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

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 [http:

Music, Dancing, Food & More At Kings Bay Y Chinese Moon Festival Bash

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

Job Alert: Coney Island History Project Seeks Chinese, Turkish & Spanish Speaking Interviewers

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

Asian American Orgs Condemn Support Of Officer Liang, Call For Justice For Gurley

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

Gung Hay Fat Choy! Community Celebrates Lunar New Year With Annual Parade In Sunset Park

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

Yiddish And Chinese Are Third-Most-Popular Languages In Fort Greene-Clinton Hill

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’

With The Mid-Autumn Festival Here, The Mooncakes Have Arrived – What To Know About This Chinese Pastry

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