By Mireya Navarro – NYTimes.com – Video Capture Jean Yves Chainon/The New York Times.

Once mostly defined by Puerto Ricans, Latino New York City has grown to more than 2.4 million residents with roots all over Latin America, the largest such population of any American city. Both native and foreign-born, Latinos are part of the city’s DNA — they account for 29 percent of the overall population and for more than half in the Bronx. Spanish speakers keep coming from countries like the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Ecuador, refreshing communities with their own cultural imprint and street-life vibe, in neighborhoods like East Harlem and Washington Heights in Manhattan, and Jackson Heights in Queens.

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