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Chinatown, New York, NY

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Chinatown

Chinatown is a sightseeing stop in New York, NY, part of the New York City guide. Cost: free.

Around Mott, Pell and Doyers Sts, south of Canal St · New York, NY

Why you should go…

Manhattan's Chinatown packs restaurants, bakeries and shops into narrow streets around Mott, Pell, Doyers and Bayard. You can snack on dim sum and street food, browse stores selling ceramics, books and chopsticks, and rest in Columbus Park, built in 1897 on the site of the old Five Points. The Museum of Chinese in America tells the community's story, which grew as Chinese immigrants settled these streets starting in the 1870s.

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