CD 6: Kicking Back With Soccer
European expatriates in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook bond over soccer on the field – and in local hangouts, like the British-themed Chip Shop.
European expatriates in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook bond over soccer on the field – and in local hangouts, like the British-themed Chip Shop.
The Tian Fu congregation, which shares a Sunset Park church with two Latino parishes, attracts immigrants from China's Fujian Province.
Utica Avenue in Crown Heights is lined with storefront churches, many of which serve the Caribbean immigrant community.
Caribbean-born New Yorkers long have sent barrels filled with food and other necessities to loved ones back home. But the recession is slowing the flow.
Some first-generation Arab Americans in Brooklyn, like Norhan Basuni, are swimming against the secular current, immersing themselves in Islam.
Bensonhurst’s 86th Street hasn’t been the same since the days of "Saturday Night Fever." But one thing never changes: Lenny's Pizza.
Bangladeshis, one of the city's fastest growing immigrant communities, are developing diabetes at an alarming rate.
For immigrants, sports can maintain a link to an identity and a culture left in another country. In southern Brooklyn, two distinctively non-American sports maintain avid followings: pingpong and cricket.