Jackson Heights is home to a growing Nepali community

… is home to immigrants from 51 countries who speak 21 different languages the Daily News reported And in  Jackson Heights today there are 167 … unfamiliar culture and beginning to join community boards parentteacher associations and advocacy groups   Although the …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 19, 2017 - 9:00AM
In Queens, Bukharian Jews keep their tradition and their community strong

… In Brick Undergrounds  Immigrant New York column  we celebrate the immigrant enclaves that … us that members of the community like to live next to our parents but that is not always possible as real estate prices … are right now not even during the real estate boom Both the rental and sales markets are hot As an example she cites  …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 31, 2017 - 3:00PM
Inside Sunset Park, the city's largest (and growing) Chinatown

… style elements of Friendship Arches in other cities with new technologyit will be solar powered … Why did so … were being crowded out of Manhattans Chinatown 20 years ago Rents were climbing and space was running out in that narrow … In Sunset Park in the 1990s residential and commercial rents and purchase prices were relatively low and there was …

By Marjorie Cohen |May 17, 2017 - 8:59AM
Woodside's Little Manila offers a piece of the Philippines in Queens

… and need to travel by public transportation Woodside is serviced by the 7 train which runs along Roosevelt Avenue … It has a big following and a great family atmosphere the service is great and it has a huge party room in the back …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 13, 2017 - 8:59AM