美国纽约市的唐人街(China Town,又称华埠或中国城)共有三块,一是以勿街(Mott street)南段为中心的唐人街,二是以台湾人居多的在皇后区法拉盛的“第二唐人街”,还有邻近的布鲁林区的唐人街。但后两地的华人居民仅一、两万人,因为一般人讲到纽约唐人街,指的就是以勿街南段为中心的唐人街。这块地方共有31条街道,人口约15万,约占整个大纽约市华人的三分之一。 唐人街的房子大多数是木质结构的老房子,居住条件本来就很差, There are three Chinatown in New York City in the United States: Chinatown centered on the southern section of Mott street, and the second most populated by Taiwanese residents in Flushing, Queens “Second Chinatown” and Chinatown in the neighboring Brunel area. However, there are only a million or two hundred Chinese residents in the latter two places because most people talk about Chinatown in New York and refer to Chinatown centered on the southern section of Doi Street. This place has a total of 31 streets, a population of about 150,000, accounting for about one-third of the entire Greater New York City Chinese. Chinatown most of the houses are old wooden houses, living conditions have always been poor,