Circulation: Our Trip to Flatbush
From Seminar 2: The Peopling of New York City
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Introduction
We took the 2 train to Church Av as we had on the neighborhood tour and conducted our research starting at 2:00 on April 5, 2008. The neighborhood was very busy and filled with people. The numbers of different types of stores were first recorded. Then our group of 4 went into different stores in the neighborhood. Most people at the time were reluctant to talk with us because of how busy it was on Saturday.
Walking on Church Av 5 blocks
Circulation: Walking on Church Av 5 blocks Data will be compiled soon
Stores We Went Into
Rotti shop
- sold cds-reggae music
- crowded
CAM
- been around for 22 years
- send around US & Canada
- Send money to relatives
- JAmaica- now there is a problem
- canada , haiti
Esparanza Hair Salon - unisex hair salon
- 5 yrs
- mixed clientel-all kinds of people
K&G Sandee - Jamaican Restaurant
- between Church and Mortense on Rodgers St
- Spoke to man behind counter
- small resaurant/shop
- had few tables and seats
- Picture of Bob Marley hanging up on wall
Speaking to the man behind the Counter
- Business has been around for 22 years
- Caribbean Food - homemade curry, oxtail
- Clientel mostly from neighborhood
- moved here 5 years ago from Jamaica
- business up and down sometimes
Level 1 Salon
- interrogated by hair dresser
- very busy atmosphere
Deli that sold Barrels
- been around for 3 yrs
-3 or 4 barrels sold a week
-Started selling 2 months ago
- Mostly people from neighborhood buy things there
- buy barrel there and go somewhere else to send it
-cost of barrels vary (Example: $15, $22, $35)
Items Sold in shops
Grocery Deli Vegetables Store (That was its Actual Name) - Corner of Church Av and 35th St
Goya Beans, Rice from Haiti, Bacalao pollock fibers, curry powder, Senna pods, Mauby Bark, Aniseed, Cerasse, Roopalee brand, Basmati Rice, Corn meal, Casava
Meat and Fruit Supermarket
Sweet Batata, Dry Coconut, Yuca, Eastern Potato and Idaho Potato, Chayote, Gandules, Costa Rica Yam
Random notes
-Grace Food's Tropical Rhythms is bottled in Canada