Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Dominican population of Washington Heights is significant, and candidates for political office in the Dominican Republic will run parades up Broadway. [12] In the Bronx, Dominicans are present in large numbers in neighborhoods like Highbridge , University Heights , Morris Heights , Concourse , Kingsbridge , and Fordham .
Dominicans Don't Play (143) is a Dominican-American street gang started in Manhattan, New York in 1991. They are known for primarily using machetes and knives as weapons. DDP is located across New York City, particularly in the Bronx , Harlem and the Lower East Side .
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Forced to flee during the Dominican Republic’s turbulent civil war, Quezada’s family immigrated to Manhattan’s bustling Latin district, Washington Heights, just as the diaspora’s thirst ...
The National Dominican Day Parade in New York City is a parade organized by people of Dominican heritage in the city. The event started in 1982 as a local celebration with concerts and cultural events in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Organized by Dominican American community leaders, the parade is held annually in August on 6th ...
Dominicans are the city's fifth-largest ancestry group (behind Irish, Italian, German and Puerto Rican) and, in 2009, it was estimated that they compromised 24.9% of New York City's Latino population. [7] Areas with high a concentration of Dominicans are in Washington Heights, Corona, and certain areas in the Bronx. Eastern portions of the ...
The Dominican population of Washington Heights is significant, and candidates for political office in the Dominican Republic will run parades up Broadway. [171] In some of these neighborhoods, shops advertise in Spanish and English, the Dominican flag is hung from windows, storefronts, and balconies, and the primary language is Dominican ...
Dominican Americans suffered a terrible loss when Flight 587, from New York to the Dominican Republic, crashed 20 years ago, on Nov. 12, 2001. America's second-deadliest plane crash was 2 months ...