Mohid Kumar, originally from Bangladesh, manages a pizza-by-the-slice shop in Midtown, Manhattan. (Patricia Rey Mallén)

Iconic New York Food With an Ethnic Twist

From bagels to pizza, New York’s food scene often changes at the same pace as its neighborhoods.To a point, that is. In Flushing and Midtown, at two eateries, the faces behind the counter are new, but the most iconic of the city’s bites—pizza and bagels—stay the same.

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Hans Modeste, a street vendor in Harlem, said that new residents don't care about how different Harlem is now. "They will never know the Harlem that I know."

Swank vs. Street Smart in Harlem

Hans Modeste is a Harlem street vendor, but his sidewalk jewelry business seems worlds apart from what’s sold just up the street in the neighborhood’s new big box retailers and in the latest eateries and bars drawing an upscale clientele. Welcome to the New Harlem.

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Business

Hans Modeste, a street vendor in Harlem, said that new residents don't care about how different Harlem is now. "They will never know the Harlem that I know."
Swank vs. Street Smart in Harlem

May 19, 2012 | Read | 455 Comments

Hans Modeste is a Harlem street vendor, but his sidewalk jewelry business seems worlds apart from what’s sold just up the street in the neighborhood’s new big box retailers and in the latest eateries and bars drawing an upscale clientele. Welcome to the New Harlem.

Real Estate

More than half century has elapsed, but from the outside at least, the chocolate factory still looks pretty much like it did 100 years ago. Inside, though, the former factory facade now has a different heart: a residential one.
Former Chocolate Factory Houses Now Upscale Lofts

May 21, 2012 | Read | 762 Comments

Brooklyn’s former manufacturing district, Wallabout, disappeared after industrialization ebbed after World War II. For decades, the area’s old factories were abandoned. But now as the neighborhood gets more residential, many vacant chocolate factories have become upscale lofts. You can almost smell the cocoa.

The Holdouts

Mohid Kumar, originally from Bangladesh, manages a pizza-by-the-slice shop in Midtown, Manhattan. (Patricia Rey Mallén)
Iconic New York Food With an Ethnic Twist

May 21, 2012 | Read | 663 Comments

From bagels to pizza, New York’s food scene often changes at the same pace as its neighborhoods.To a point, that is. In Flushing and Midtown, at two eateries, the faces behind the counter are new, but the most iconic of the city’s bites—pizza and bagels—stay the same.