Walking Around Chinatown in Lower Manhattan

Manhattan was established by the Dutch in 1624.  The small colony grew as the gateway to the rest of New Netherland, to the north.  The British acquired this Dutch Territory in 1664 and they left following the end of the American Revolution in 1783.

Strategically placed at the mouth of the Hudson River, Manhattan became densely populated.  Over nearly 400 years, street and neighborhood names have changed as waves of immigrants from different countries settled in on this island.

Columbus Park, in Chinatown

is the former Five Points Park.

In the 1800s, the Five Points was a poor, crowded, crime ridden neighborhood.  The movie, Gangs of New York, was set in the Five Points.  Significant numbers of Chinese started to settle in the Five Points neighborhood in the 1880s.  Immigration laws kept the number of Chinese small, within a few thousand, until 1943.  Chinatown grew and Five Points disappeared.

Welcome to Chinatown with

a beautiful Chinese Dragon.

Panda Ma Inc. is one of
many Gift Shops in
Chinatown.

Eric & I stop for a nosh at
  Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles.

Here we are at the decorated
pedestrian way in front of
Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles.

We walk down narrow,

store lined shops.

Many stores also have
English names.

Eric opens the door for me at

Munchies Paradise:

 Aji Ichiban.

Residents & visitors negotiate
construction zones as they
visit local merchants.

 The Original Chinatown

Ice Cream Factory

The Museum of Chinese

 in America

Street Vendors sell fresh

fruits & vegetables.

Jing Fong Restaurant is a

highly rated Dim Sum

restaurant on Yelp.

The Mahayana Buddhist Temple

Chinese Dragons outside the
HSBC Bank






Chinatown is a fun place to walk around.  There's lots of shopping and a many of places to eat.  What Chinese specialty to you want to try?