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Hop Kee is a Cantonese restaurant in Chinatown, Manhattan, opened in 1968, described as “the cornerstone of a legendary block of Mott Street.” [2]. When restaurants in New York City were allowed to open in the early days of Covid, they were takeout and cash only.
Mott Street is the location of the famous arcade Chinatown Fair. The David Cronenberg film Naked Lunch depicts author William S Burroughs' notorious character Dr. Benway as having an office at Room 401, 1062 Mott St, New York, from which the doctor dispenses a cocktail of pyrethrum and ground black centipede to the film's protagonist, William Lee.
The Chinese Community Center facade, facing Mott Street.There is also an entrance at Elizabeth Street.. The Chinese Community Center at 60-64 Mott Street is home to both the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), the oldest Chinese community service organization of Chinatown established in 1883, and New York Chinese School, established in 1909 for children who came from overseas ...
Doyers Street follows the old route of a stream. [4] From 1893 to 1911, 5–7 Doyers Street was the site of the first Chinese language theater in New York City. The theater was converted into a rescue mission for the homeless. In 1903, the theater was the site of a fundraiser by the Chinese community for Jewish victims of a massacre in Kishinev ...
Chinatown Fair Family Fun Center is a video arcade center located on Mott Street in Chinatown, Manhattan. Historically, the arcade catered toward competitive fighting games . The original arcade opened in 1944 and closed in February 2011, but reopened in May 2012 under different management.
The neighborhood is home to several large Chinese supermarkets. In August 2011, a new branch of New York Supermarket opened on Mott Street in the central district of grocery and food shopping of Manhattan's Chinatown. [129] Just a block away from New York Supermarket, is a Hong Kong Supermarket located on the corner of Elizabeth and Hester Streets.
Denny Lee, Years of the Dragons Information on the history of Ghost Shadows, New York Times, May 11, 2003. MacIllwain, Jeffrey Scott. Organizing Crime in Chinatown: race and racketeering in New York City, 1890-1910. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1626-2
McSorley's Old Ale House – oldest "Irish" tavern in New York City; [4] located at 15 East 7th Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan; one of the last of the "men only" pubs, only admitting women after legally being forced to do so in 1970 [5] [6]