Day: March 29, 2017

A popular Filipino chain fast food restaurant that opened in 2009 and has an average of over 500 customers per day. Famous for their chickenjoy and fiesta noodles

The church of worship for most Filipinos in Woodside. The church also hosts Simbang Gabi, a novena of nine masses at dawn every Christmas, which is an important tradition for Filipino Catholics.

We visited Macro International Cargo and interviewed the owner Robert about the Filipino community in Woodside. Robert's store was opened in 1993 and he helped Filipinos transfer money and packages back to the Philippines. He also help Filipinos book plane tickets so that they can travel back to their home country and visit their family

Right across from the St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church is the St. Sebastian Roman Catholic School, which is religiously affiliated with the Church. Since most of the Filipino immigrants are Catholic, they would send their children to this school in the neighborhood; the children attend school here from kindergarten through 8th grade. 

A chain Filipino bakery and a favorite local dessert spot famous for its ultimate chocolate cake

A local Filipino restaurant that specializes in Filipino barbecue pork and chicken.

The High School that we visited where we interviewed parent coordinator Ms. Rosa, and she told us all about the Dominican life in Washington Heights.

Lucky 7 Bar was one of the hot spots that Ms. Rosa told us that Dominicans go for fun.

La Casa Del Mofongo was the restaurant referred to us by Ms. Rosa.  Mofongo is a dish with deep-fried plantains and pork or seafood.  

This is the park we visited which was mostly baseball fields showing us how much Dominicans enjoy playing baseball.  

We visited the Maha Lakshmi Mandir on 121st and 101 avenue. Unfortunately, the mandir was closed and we could not go inside it. The mandir represents the how the Guyanese culture expresses Hinduism in Richmond Hill. 

We visited the "Little Guyana Bake Shop" in Richmond Hill that is located on 116-04 Liberty Avenue. The bake shop has a wide variety of both sweets and meals. We tried Doubles, which is a sandwich made with 2 flat breads filled with curry channa. 

We visited Spice World Inc., a small grocery store that provides Guyanese, West Indian, Indian and Pakistani food items The grocery store, although small in size, is packed with food items nonetheless. The workers were very nice and showed us around the place and telling us about common Guyanese food items and drinks. 

Anita's Fashion was a place filled with Indian suits! Anita herself was very nice and let us tour her store which also included traditional Hindu religious shrines and also jewelry items. The store layout, which can be seen below, was filled with items from the second someone enters the store. 

Richmond Hill High School is the high school where a majority of students from the Richmond Hill area attend due to it being there "zoned school." Thus, the school has a large population of both Guyanese, Indian and West-Indian students. Unfortunately, the high school was closed because we visited the area on a Saturday.  

Phil Rizzuto Park, or better known as Smokey Park, is a park in the heart of Richmond Hill. Instead of common sports such as basketball and baseball, kids can be seen playing common West Indian games such as cricket. Additionally, the park serves as a cultural hub where locales can come and greet one another.