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French NYC is mostly in the Upper East Side around the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), the French Consulate, and Lycée Français. It's also in Brooklyn. NYC's Little Paris is on Centre St between Broome and Grand. Le District is a lovely French food hall (NYC's Les Halles) with French markets and restaurants in Battery Park City. The Statue of Liberty, the … [Read more...] about French NYC

Tribeca NYC (TRIangle-BElow-CAnal) is a family neighborhood filled with the movie industry, restaurants, and art galleries. Canal StWest Side Hwy | Tribeca | BroadwayVesey St Tribeca grew into a commercial neighborhood in the 1850s-60s. It was the home of Washington Market, NYC's main produce market, until that was replaced by the World Trade Center in the … [Read more...] about Tribeca NYC

Guatemalan NYC is a growing community centered in Bensonhurst and Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Guatemala is Indigenous Maya country. Spanish colonizers controlled Central America from Guatemala City. Guatemalan NYC News January 2023 The 32nd New York Jewish Film Festival 2023, coproduced with the Jewish Museum, screens 29 Jewish films from around the … [Read more...] about Guatemalan NYC

Venezuelan NYC is most present in Modern Art, Salsa, Latin Rock and Fashion. The Venezuelan Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, is one of the most important Latin contemporary art collections. The Cisneros Institute at MoMA makes the Museum of Modern Art a world center of Latin art. Venezuela has Andean Culture, Caribbean Culture and Trinidad Culture. The Andes connect … [Read more...] about Venezuelan NYC

Brazilian NYC used to be in Little Brazil on 46th St between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Midtown, Manhattan, but has shrunk a lot. There is a Brazilian community in Astoria, Queens. Metro New York's biggest Brazilian community is in Newark, New Jersey's Ironbound District. Little Brazil is on 46th St between Fifth & Sixth Avenue. 🇧🇷 Brazilian NYC … [Read more...] about Brazilian NYC

Today, Italian NYC is mostly in Throgs Neck & Morris Park The Bronx; Staten Island; and Harlem, and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Italians are one of the communities that defines New York City and the United States. The big wave of immigration came between the 1850s and 1930s. Many Southern Italians came between 1880 and 1920. Italy made major contributions to European … [Read more...] about Italian NYC

Colombian NYC is New York's fifth largest Latin community with over 100,000 New York Colombians in 2019. NYC's "Little Colombia" is in Jackson Heights. Colombia is famous for its Cumbia & Vallenato, Salsa Colombiana and Reggaeton culture. The Indigenous Gaita flute is beautiful. Colombians are proud of their Paso Fino horses. Most roses sold in the United States are … [Read more...] about Colombian NYC

Cuban NYC is centered in Union City, New Jersey. Cuba is the sacred heart of Latin culture in the Americas. As the main port of the Spanish transatlantic trade, Havana was the center of colonial Spanish American power. Whatever happened in Havana, spread across the Spanish-speaking world, including back to Spain. That is still true. Most Americans know Yoruba African … [Read more...] about Cuban NYC

Jewish NYC is one of the communities that defines New York City. We are the world's largest Jewish community outside Israel. There are many Jewish communities in the Latin world. NYC's first Jewish Community arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654. It is now Congregation Shearith Israel, a Sephardic (Spanish & Portuguese) community. We made New York an open city. The … [Read more...] about Jewish NYC

Filipino NYC is a small, vibrant community that is strong in health care. NYC's main "Little Manila" is a five-block stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. There are communities around the Philippine Consulate in Midtown, around the hospitals in the East Village, and in Jersey City, New Jersey. We don't consider ourselves Latin, but almost 300 years as a … [Read more...] about Filipino NYC

Haitian NYC is centered around Little Haiti in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Haiti is a main center of Black culture in the Americas. Haitians are the only people in history to free themselves and found a nation. The Haitian Revolution spread Haiti's African Diaspora culture around the Caribbean. One of its signatures is syncopation. When people say "Creole," they often mean … [Read more...] about Haitian NYC

French Canadian NYC News top December 2022 French Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in Xi Wang, Mozart and Mahler, featuring Puerto Rican clarinetist Ricardo Morales and South African soprano Pretty Yende, on Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 8pm. From $24. 🇨🇦🇵🇷🇿🇦 November … [Read more...] about French Canadian NYC

La Nacional NYC is a social club for Spaniards and the Spanish Diaspora in Chelsea, Manhattan. Founded in 1868, La Nacional is the oldest Spanish cultural center in the USA. When it was founded, Cuba and Puerto Rico were still New Spain. 🇪🇸 Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional on Thursdays. Intermediate class at 7pm. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at … [Read more...] about La Nacional NYC