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Ellick’s Time in Jackson Heights

When Adam Ellick moved to Queens—the neighborhood of Jackson Heights, specifically—he was looking for “discreet ethnic underworlds.”  In the first sentence of his New York Times article, he notes that “New York’s most impenetrable night spot is not a chic … Continue reading

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Where I’m From

Flushing is a neighborhood in New York City’s borough of Queens whose population is approximately 180,000.  I’ve lived there for my entire life—my first six years in an area of Flushing close to Forest Hills, the remaining years closer to … Continue reading

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