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The business was started in 1972 when Puerto Rican Helmer Toro and his brother-in-law Hector Hernandez (hence "H&H"), bought Midtown Bagels at Broadway and 80th Street for $5,000 ($36,000 in 2018 dollar terms) in cash and $50,000 ($360,000 in 2018 dollar terms) in a loan.
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In Spanish, bodega is a term for "storeroom" or "wine cellar", or "warehouse", with a similar origin to the words "boutique" and "apothecary"; the precise meaning varies regionally in the Spanish language, and the later New York City term evolved from Puerto Rican and Cuban usage for "small grocery".
Pages in category "Puerto Rican culture in New York City" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It has one of the highest concentrations of Puerto Ricans in all of New York City. [1] As of 2010, the Puerto Rican population was 27.7% in zip code 10029, [45] and 23.4% in 10035. 10035 also has a large Mexican population, at 10.7%. [46]
Consequently, the New York City metropolitan area has witnessed a significant increase in its Nuyorican population, individuals in the region of Puerto Rican descent, increasing from 1,177,430 in 2010 to a Census-estimated 1,494,670 in 2016, [8] maintaining New York's status by a significant margin as the most important cultural and demographic ...
The film depicts an elderly man, played by iconic Puerto Rican filmmaker Jacobo Morales, coming to grips with a Puerto Rico in which country and rock tunes play on his walk to a gentrified bakery ...
According to the 2010 Census, Puerto Ricans represented 8.9% of the population of New York City (32% of the city's Hispanic community) and 5.5% of that of New York State. [5] The Puerto Rican share of New York City decreased to 6.7% by 2020 as Puerto Ricans left the city and new arrivals from the island increasingly went to other destinations.