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Salvadoran NYC

Salvadoran NYC is centered in Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties. Salvadoran American youth call themselves “Salvis.”

The big migration to New York (and Washington DC) was triggered by the Salvadoran Civil War of the 1980s. There are more than half a million Salvadorans living in New York City. We are one of the communities that makes New York work.

Salvadoran NYC News

Salvadoran NYC Archive

September 2022

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of the Americas, through October 15. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

The Queens Hispanic Parade 2022 marches on 37th Avenue from 69th St to 86th St in Jackson Heights, Queens on Sunday, September 25, 2022 starting at 11am. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

April 2022

New York Salvadoran Christine Stoddard’s “My Favorite Sex Toy” comedy play is at Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Apr 24 at 4pm. $15. 🇸🇻

March 2022

Cyber Cinderella: A Comedy Play, Christine Stoddard’s comedy about a Cinderella who doesn’t like social media, is at Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Mar 27 at 6pm. $15. 🇸🇻

September 2021

The New York Yankees celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a giveaway of Yankee caps with Hispanic flags for Yankee games on Fri-Wed, Sep 17-22, 2021. From $40. mlb.com
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sep 15 – Oct 15.

Salvadoran NYC (Kobby Dagan/Dreamstime)
Salvadoran NYC (Kobby Dagan/Dreamstime)

Salvadoran New York City

The Salvadoran Consulate is in the Garment District. portalcitas.ree.gob.sv 🇸🇻

La Cabaña Salvadoreña makes good pupusas in Washington Heights lacabanasalvadorena.com 🇸🇻

New York Salvadorans

Carmen Molina-Tamacas wrote a history of Salvadoran New Yorkers called “SalviYorkers.”

Christine Stoddard is a NY Salvadoran artist and comic.

Guadalupe Maravilla is a NY Salvadoran artist.

Salvis

El Salvador is on Central America’s Pacific Coast. Its neighbors are Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Like all Latin Americans, we are a mix of peoples and cultures. Indigenous culture remains strong. The Nahua (Pipil) were an important culture, but there were many, including Mayan. The colonizers were Spanish who arrived in 1524. The first African was brought in 1528. Abolition came in 1825.

There are also Arab influences from Palestinians who came mostly between 1880 and 1920. Lebanese came during the wars of the 1940s and 1960s. Arab Salvadorans have done well in business and politics.

The Salvadoran national dish is pupusas which are delicious stuffed tortillas. Don’t order too many because they are filling. We cook many versions of soups that are like sancochos. Elote Loco, grilled corn with ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, Worchestershire sauce and cheese, is a popular street food. You see variations at NYC street fairs.

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