The Lower East Side of Manhattan contains a neighborhood known as Chinatown.  Located between Broadway and Grand, and right below Little Italy, Chinatown is home to over 100,000 Chinese, the largest population of Chinese people in the country.  However, Chinatown is also very diverse, including immigrants of all different Asian and Hispanic origin.  This can be seen in the large amount of restaurants that offer all different types of Asian cuisines.  Since the 1800s, when Chinese immigrants first began traveling to America, and especially after the Chinese Exclusion Act was eliminated, Chinatown has been growing in population.  Today, Chinatown is home to many different industries, including garment factories, jewelry shops, tea houses, bakeries, and Asian Cuisine.  The bars and karaoke lounges provide great locations for hanging out on late nights.  Chinatown is also well known for their celebration of Chinese festivals like the Chinese New Year, and the Lantern Festival.

Source: http://www.explorechinatown.com/PDF/FactSheet.pdf

Over the past two decades, an increasing number of Chinese immigrants have settled along Avenue U in the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay and Homecrest in Brooklyn.  While this community is still much smaller than the Chinese community in Manhattan, the area teems with the similar charm. The Avenue U community is home several Chinese-owned restaurants, groceries, and beauty shops, and other businesses in the area. The collection of these Chinese-owned businesses has helped bring Avenue U back to life, making it an attractive place for many Chinese immigrants to live. Additionally Avenue U’s lower cost of living in comparison to both the Chinatown in Manhattan and the Chinatown on 8^th Avenue in Brooklyn has helped its rapid growth. Although the Chinese community living along Avenue U is not the largest Chinatown in New York City, it still early in its development and will likely become increasingly prominent.