Places that Matter
Place Explorer: Asian/Pacific/American
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Place Name | Neighborhood | Borough | |
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32 Mott St. General Store (former) | Chinatown | Manhattan | General store that served the first wave of Chinese immigrants |
Chinatown Senior Citizens' Center | Chinatown | Manhattan | A place for Chinatown seniors to participate together in traditional culture |
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Building (former) | Chinatown | Manhattan | First home of leading Chinatown organization |
Chinese Scholar's Garden | Randall Manor | Staten Island | The only authentic garden of its type in the U.S. |
Church of the Transfiguration, Chinatown | Chinatown | Manhattan | Catholic church in Chinatown offering services in English, Cantonese and Mandarin |
Columbus Park | Chinatown | Manhattan | Formerly the Mulberry Bend slums, now a park used by mahjong and basketball players alike |
Hua Mei Bird Garden | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Community garden in Sara Delano Roosevelt Park that houses beautiful songbirds |
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art | Lighthouse Hill | Staten Island | Unique museum of Tibetan and Buddhist works planned and built by Jacques Marchais in the 1940s |
Mott Street, between Grand & Hester Streets | Chinatown | Manhattan | The second heart of Chinatown |
Museum of Chinese in America | Chinatown | Manhattan | Pioneering museum with strong community base |
Nom Wah Tea Parlor | Chinatown | Manhattan | New York City's oldest dim sum restaurant |
Pragati Inc. | Brooklyn | Social and cultural services organization for South East Asian women and children | |
Pvt. Danny Chen's former apartment | Chinatown | Manhattan | Apartment where Pvt. Chen lived with his family |
Wall of Respect for Chinese Workers (site of) | Chinatown | Manhattan | Mural created to curb local gang violence, demolished in 2006 |