due to descrimating laws aganist the chinese in the late 1800s. The Chinese came to the east coast to look for work. the earliest chinese lived and worked in Mott st, thus the Beginning of Chinatown New York. By 1870 there was about 200 chinese people in new york by the time the chinese exclusion act pass the population was up to 2000, by the 1900 there was 7000 chinese people.
The early days of chinatown was run by Many chinese associations. The purpose of the Assosciation was help and protect Chinese immagrants from anti chinese racism and loaning money to start businesses. Chinatown started to expand and grow as to it is now. Even still Chinatown is still growing
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