![]() ![]() But, you don’t have to wait to get your Dominican fix. Now, you can’t walk a block without seeing Dominican salons and barbershops, windows displaying rotisserie chickens and classic Dominican plates, or passing older Dominican men playing dominos on a street corner.Įvery August, the Dominican community celebrates with their annual parade down Fifth Avenue. Dominicans began settling and moving into these neighborhoods in the late 1960s when they were Irish and Jewish strongholds. Washington Heights and Inwood are among the most vibrant neighborhoods in the city, owing largely to one of the largest ethnic groups in the city, Dominicans. We are talking about Washington Heights and Inwood, or as many like to call it, “Upstate Manhattan,” a 35-minute train ride from midtown. This neighborhood is perhaps dismissed because of its proximity to the cultural epicenter that is Harlem. In a sometimes forgotten neighborhood of Manhattan lies a ton of history and culture. When you take a stroll down Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, you will surely hear the tongue of Italy. If you walk down Steinway Street in Queens, you will hear a variety of different European languages. Take a walk down Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and you may hear Creole or Jamaican patois. If you stand on a Manhattan street and just listen, you can hear the sounds of so many countries. It is the world’s melting pot - a gumbo of sorts. Ethnic, religious and cultural diversity is a hallmark of New York City - part of the reason why many people, across the world, yearn to call it home.
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