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Jackson Heights is mourning the loss of Bhadra Butala, founder of Butala Emporium and the Gandhian Society and a longtime cultural anchor of the neighborhood’s South Asian community. Butala died at home on Dec. 17, according to family members. He is survived by his wife, Gita Butala, his two sons, Shaswat and Killol Butala, and…
The call of “¡Oh capitán!” at New York’s last Spanish-language bookstore
Ramón Caraballo, an immigrant from Cuba, got his start in the business of books selling works by Gabriel García Márquez and other Hispanic greats on the streets beneath the 7 train tracks at 82nd Street. He saved enough to open a Spanish-language bookstore on the border of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, not far from his…
The Parkinson’s program that packs a punch
It was already warm and sweat-scented inside the East Village gym when the boxing students arrived one afternoon last week. In their 60s and 70s, they wore their game faces as they stepped onto a Hulk-green mat. Before donning their gloves, they stretched as seriously as if the bell had already rung. Their instructor, Luke…
Transforming forgotten underpasses in Queens
Underpasses are ugly in-between places, and Queens is full of them, with its crazy quilt of roads ducking under subway lines, train tracks and elevated streets. Now in the Woodhaven and Richmond Hill neighborhoods they’re becoming something more, thanks to a collage artist, a retired city worker and the plucky team of neighbors, college students,…
How to make a day out of New York holiday shopping with small businesses
Shopping for holiday gifts can feel overwhelming and deflatingly consumerist. But it can be an opportunity to support more small businesses than usual and do our part to keep them, especially given the uncertainty of tariffs, as this soapmaker put it. It’s also a way to eschew Amazon and feel more connected to our communities. …
Thanksgiving hack: order from some of New York City’s immigrant- or BIPOC-owned food heroes
Whether you’re celebrating solo, feeding a crowd or just don’t feel like spending all day in the kitchen, these spots in the city are preparing holiday favorites with sazón. Here are some immigrant- or BIPOC-owned small businesses where you can place an order now for a Thanksgiving feast you’ll be thankful for. Chick’n Rotonda (Queens)…
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