Chinatown while recovering from Sandy, gets ready for Election Day

November 5th, 2012  |  by  |  published in News, Slideshows | 1 Comment »

Chinatown while recovering from Sandy, gets ready for Election Day

Chinatown works on next steps in Sandy recovery.

Push for English signs in Flushing’s Chinatown divides Asian community

December 11th, 2011  |  by  |  published in News | 1 Comment »

Maylei Zhou (center), a Shanghai native who has been living in Flushing for the past 20 years, shops for fruits outside the Ou Jiang Supermarket on the corner of Main Street and 40th Road in Flushing, Queens on Saturday. Photo by Alexa Mae Asperin

Sixty percent of the signs should be in English.

Road-curb ponding causing potholes in Chinatown

September 24th, 2011  |  by  |  published in News | Leave A Comment »

A road-curb pond in Chinatown. Photo by Charles Li.

Five streets in the heart of Chinatown accounted for more than 50 percent of the ponding conditions discovered in July.

Big business in Little Italy

November 13th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features | 2 Comments »

Big business in Little Italy

Ferrara, a Little Italy espresso bar, has remained a constant in an ever-changing neighborhood.

As Little Italy changes, some resist

November 12th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features | 1 Comment »

As Little Italy changes, some resist

Vincent Cirelli likes familiarity. He is 59 and has had the same moustache since he was 16.

Chinatown shop owner fights landlord, wins

September 16th, 2010  |  by  |  published in News | 1 Comment »

Chinatown shop owner fights landlord, wins

Mei Rong Song, who lives two blocks from the flower shop she runs in Chinatown, fought a $9,000 rent increase and won.