Below street level on Coney Island Avenue table tennis contests rage on the tables of the Brooklyn Table Tennis Club.

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 [...]