Celebrate Chinese New Years in Sunset Park, NY's "other" Chinatown, with a parade — local Brooklyn style, organized by the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association as well as free performances, and Brooklyn neighborhood fun. Brooklyn's Chinese New Year celebration falls this year on Sunday, January 29, 2012.
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SCHEDULE FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IN BROOKLYN 2012
10 a.m. to noon: Performances (including by and for children) and speeches, followed by firecrackers
Noon to 1 p.m.: Parade from 50th to 60th Street
Where: At 50th Street and 8th Avenue in Sunset Park
Subway: D train to 50th Street, walk uphill 4 long blocks to Eighth Avenue
Make a day of it! After the festivities, explore the fascinating local historic sites in Sunset Park.
Alternatively, nip into a Sunset Park Chinese restaurant for dim sum.
Best wishes for the Chinese Lunar New Year! To paraphrase UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, let us wish for "increased prosperity and well-being in the year to come as we continue to work together for global peace and sustainable development."
