Where To Eat in Every NYC Chinatown Neighborhood

Today, there are three main Chinatown neighborhoods in New York City: Manhattan, Flushing, and Sunset Park, as well as six concentrated hubs for Chinese food, including Bensonhurst, East Village, Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Homecrest, and Little Neck. These areas make up the cultural and food fabric of New York, and Chinatown NYC restaurants offer an opportunity to engage with these communities in the most delicious way possible. Because the highlight of each Chinatown neighborhood, no matter where you, is the exceptional, unmissable food - from soup dumplings to congee - we also included the restaurants in Chinatown NYC restaurants where every visitor should reserve a table. Here's the Matador Network guide to the best Chinatown NYC restaurants from Manhattan to Queens. Beyond being one of the city's oldest ethnic enclaves, Manhattan's Chinatown is home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere. Like Chinatowns across the U.S., Manhattan's Chinatown was born out of a need for a safe space where Chinese people could live, work, and build community. For decades, Chinese people were legally excluded from entering the U.S., but Manhattan's Chinatown will always be a welcoming home base - and visitors will find some of the most iconic Chinatown NYC restaurants in this neighborhood.