iSnapNY » Brooklyn Bridges Cultures http://isnapny.com A dynamic photoblog showcasing photographs produced at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Sun, 20 May 2012 23:30:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Below street level on Coney Island Avenue table tennis contests rage on the tables of the Brooklyn Table Tennis Club. http://isnapny.com/2009/06/08/table-tennis-contests/ http://isnapny.com/2009/06/08/table-tennis-contests/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:10:36 +0000 timothy.persinko http://isnapny.com/?p=333 Managed by Nison Arinov, a table tennis champion from Tajikistan, the club hosts players, many from former Soviet republics, late into the night, six days a week.  

For immigrants, sports can maintain a link to an identity and a culture left behind in another country.  Click here to read more about the way that a community has grown around table tennis in southern Brooklyn.

For more reporting on immigration across the borough by students at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, view Brooklyn Bridges Cultures.

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