Chinatown, Boston

Chinatown
Neighborhood of Boston
The paifang gate in 2013
Location of Chinatown in Boston
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Suffolk
Neighborhood of	Boston
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
Zip Code	02111
Area code	617 / 857
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	波士頓唐人街
Simplified Chinese	波士顿唐人街
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bōshìdùn Tángrénjiē Gwoyeu Romatzyh Boshyhduenn Tarngrenjie Wade–Giles Po1shih4tun4 T'ang2jen2chieh1 Tongyong Pinyin Boshìhdùn Tángrénjie IPA [pwóʂɻ̩̂twə̂n tʰǎŋɻə̌ntɕjé] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization bō sih deuhn tòhng yàhn gāai Jyutping Bo1si6deon6 Tong4jan4gaai1 IPA [pɔ́ːsìtɵ̀n tʰɔ̏ːŋjɐ̏nkáːi] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pho-sū-tùn Tn̂g-lâng-ke
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	波士頓華埠
Simplified Chinese	波士顿华埠
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bōshìdùn Huá Bù Gwoyeu Romatzyh Boshyhduenn Hwabuh Wade–Giles Po1shih4tun4 Hua2pu4 Tongyong Pinyin Boshìhdùn Huá Bù IPA [pwóʂɻ̩̂twə̂n xwǎpʰû] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization bō sih deuhn wàh bouh Jyutping Bo1si6deon6 Waa4bou6 IPA [pɔ́ːsìtɵ̀n wȁːpòu] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pho-sū-tùn Hôa-bú

Chinatown, Boston (Cantonese: 唐人街; Jyutping: Tong4jan4gaai1) is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese enclave in New England since the demise of the Chinatowns in Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine after the 1950s. Because of the high population of Asians and Asian Americans living in this area of Boston, there is an abundance of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants located in Chinatown. It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in Boston and serves as the largest center of its East Asian and Southeast Asian cultural life.

Chinatown borders the Boston Common, Downtown Crossing, the Washington Street Theatre District, Bay Village, the South End, and the Southeast Expressway/Massachusetts Turnpike.^[1] Boston's Chinatown is one of the largest Chinatowns outside of New York City.^[2]