The New York metropolitan area has the largest ethnic Chinese population outside Asia: an estimated 924,619 in 2024. As of 2025, New York City proper had an estimated 635,355, the most by far of any c
The Chinese American experience has been documented at the Museum of Chinese in America in Manhattan's Chinatown since 1980.
Crossing Canal Street in the Manhattan Chinatown, facing Mott Street toward the south
Little Fuzhou is a sub-neighborhood within Chinatown, Manhattan, the highest concentration of Chinese people outside of Asia.
Pell Street, Manhattan Chinatown
Chinatowns in Queens
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There are multiple Chinatowns in the borough of Queens in New York City. The original Queens Chinatown emerged in Flushing, initially as a satellite of the original Manhattan Chinatown, before evolvin
Chinese people in the New York metropolitan area
…sites of tourism and urban economic activity. The city proper includes six Chinatowns (or nine, if the emerging Chinatowns in Elmhurst and Whitestone, Queens, and East Harlem, Manhattan, are included). There are also Chinese communities in suburban areas, such as Jersey City, New Jersey; Nassau County, Long…
Intersection of Main Street and Northern Blvd in Flushing Chinatown
Main Street in Flushing Chinatown
The intersection of Main St and Roosevelt Ave after an early morning rainstorm.
Bank of China on Main Street in Flushing