China Town - New York City

Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood is the largest Chinatown in the United States. Since the late 1870's, Chinese immigrants have been settling in the New York City area. Despite the Exclusion Act of 1882, which prohibited Chinese immigration, the community and geography of Manhattan's Chinatown grew. Since 1965, when the immigration quotas were repealled, the immigrant community of Chinatown has grown and the census of 1980 indicated that New York Chinatown is the largest Chinese American settlement in the U.S.
 

There is a very helpful Explore Chinatown Info Kiosk located on Canal at Walker & Baxter. It's open daily: weekdays 10am - 6pm and weekends 10am - 7pm with bilingual staff available to answer your questions and provide free maps, guides, and brochures.

Chinatown Neighborhood Boundaries
Broadway on the West
Rutgers/Essex Street on the East
Madison Street/Worth Street on the South
Broome Street, Grand Street and Canal on the North (Little Italy is in between Canal and Broome Streets between Baxter and Mott)

Chinatown Architecture
Many Asian inspired facades on buildings, featuring pagodas and tiled roofs.
Narrow tenement buildings create a bustling, slightly congested environment.
Church of the Transfiguration and the Mahayana Buddhist Temple are among Chinatown's architectural gems.

Chinatown Attractions
Chatham Square
Columbus Park
Five Points
Museum of the Chinese in the Americas
Church of the Transfiguration
Mahayana Buddhist Temple
First Shearith Israel Cemetery
Edward Mooney House