CD1: Family Among Strangers
Cafe owner Yoko Kubo has lived in Tokyo and Manhattan. But Greenpoint is where the Japanese immigrant feels at home, thanks to friends helping her through a personal tragedy.
2009 Brooklyn Immigration Project
CD 2: A Shebeen in Fort Greene
Madiba restaurant in Fort Green has been a cultural center for South Africans in the city for the last decade.
CD 3: Caribbeans Say ‘Count Us in’
There's a movement, born in Brooklyn, to add a Caribbean-American ethnicity option to the Census forms.
CD 4: Free Tuition – With a Catch
A businessman has pledged $2 million to open a tuition-free parochial school in a Bushwick parish that serves many immigrant families. The students and their families must be practicing Catholics.
CD 5: Judo Offers Life Lessons
The award-winning Starrett Judo Club, run by a former Haitian Olympian, mirrors the diversity of Starrett City.
CD 6: Kicking Back With Soccer
European expatriates in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook bond over soccer on the field – and in local hangouts, like the British-themed Chip Shop.
CD 7: Praising the Lord – in Mandarin
The Tian Fu congregation, which shares a Sunset Park church with two Latino parishes, attracts immigrants from China's Fujian Province.
CD 8: Utica Ave. Becomes Church St.
Utica Avenue in Crown Heights is lined with storefront churches, many of which serve the Caribbean immigrant community.