Gothamist: Map of the Day: Where the Asians At?

aingealis

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:40:50 -0500

elmhurst, mill basin, jersey city

hanalei

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:34:47 -0500

? = jersey city?

jle

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:53:15 -0500

i think you know the asian spots when the dollar vans ($2 now) congregate.

Kaitlin Duck Sherwood

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:20:47 -0500

(This is the developer again.) As to the question of whether "Asian" includes South Asian as well as East Asian, I am not sure. It depends upon either 1) how people filling out the Census form respond or 2) how the Census Bureau groups people. There is a category "Other Race" that I didn't make an option on the map (hmm, maybe I should) but that you can get to via this link: http://webfoot.com/maps/CensusOverlays.html?column=10&normalizer=P&title=none+of+above&min=0&max=1&long=-73.8995361328125&lat=40.70718949655447&zoom=11 BTW, my ISP is being strange. I'd prefer to use maps.webfoot.com, and that worked yesterday and most of today, but RIGHT NOW it isn't, so I've temporarily gone back to webfoot.com/maps. Sigh.

Think twice

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:49:42 -0500

The spot in Brooklyn along Avenue U and the Brighton Line (Q train) is called Homecrest.

Deadprogrammer

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:28:42 -0500

The area around Avenue U in Brooklyn is sometimes called Brooklyn's Chinatown. There are a lot of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants, groceries, computer stores, herbalists, etc. Here's a typical row of storefronts. Dr. Poon's is probably asked what kind of a doctor he is a lot. There's even what looks like a garment factory on E17th. It's been there for years. Technically the area spans both Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay.

Kaitlin Duck Sherwood

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:30:15 -0500

About the Asians living in the river -- I'm the developer of the maps, and I can tell you that census boundaries don't all ways respect geography. Sometimes they draw the tract so that it doesn't cross water, sometimes they don't. From the Census Bureau's point of view, it's an administrative boundary only: they count all the people in that tract. If there don't happen to be any people in a big part of the tract, no importa.

JR

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:57:18 -0500

In Queens, that's Elmhurst, 60% immigrants, many from East and Southeast Asia. Best Indonesian and Malaysian restaurants in NYC. In Jersey, that looks like Jersey City.

matt

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:34:39 -0500

Pop Pop's right, thats Sunset Park. Anyone who's ever lived in SP knows about the huge Asian population there.

pop pop

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:56:09 -0500

No, anti-, you're looking at spot with the arrow and the question mark, the one that's circled. I'm looking at the one labeled "Bayridge" that isn't circled. Ugh, yourself.

Michael

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:20:06 -0500

Dave - the Asians living directly in the East River must be "boat people"..

Kevin

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:09:57 -0500

I vote elmhurst more than woodside, the map gets really chinese around grand ave. Plus, I live there.

Rodney P. Sweetchops

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:49:14 -0500

k, the spot to the west of flushing is not "jackson hts/woodside" its Elmhurst...

k

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:42:37 -0500

paki and ajit - i'm pretty sure that bright red hole west of flushing IS jackson hts/woodside, as john pointed out.

Drew

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:41:58 -0500

Surprisingly, many Asians live directly in the East River. And in other news, Jersey City is one of the five boroughs.

nisey79

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:38:00 -0500

The area to the west of Flushing Meadow Park is Elmhurst.

Ajit

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:33:30 -0500

paki, only east asians i think, because we know that if south asians were in the mix, jackson heights would be burning a bright red hole in the map.

Rocknrope

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:30:19 -0500

Yep, Sheepshead Bay, around Avenue U on the Q line specifically, which is much more pleasant to shop than Chinatown - alot less congestion. Too bad Ocean Palace closed.

paki

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:26:28 -0500

does this include brown asians or only yellow ones?

nisey79

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:25:17 -0500

You can find much better maps reflecting patterns of current Asian settlement at the Dept. of City Planning website (www.nyc.gov/planning)

Chris

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:25:11 -0500

Looks like a little sliver in/near K-Town.

John

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:21:54 -0500

That area in Queens before flushing looks like Woodside.

anti-manhattaner

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:17:09 -0500

Ugh, its not Sunset Park either. That's more Gravesend/Sheepshead Bay

pop pop

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:13:38 -0500

That's not Bayridge they live in, that's Sunset Park.