Steinway Street , in Astoria , New York City , is known as ` ` Little Egypt '' The area has long been a home to immigrants , including Germans , Italians and Irish . Many merchants there continue to raise their families in Egypt . `` You know the recession affects everybody -- the recession , 9/11 all these things ... As in the rest of the United States , traders in Little Egypt have been hit by the recession .
Steinway Street , in Astoria , New York City , is known as ` ` Little Egypt '' The area has long been a home to immigrants , including Germans , Italians and Irish . Many merchants there continue to raise their families in Egypt . As in the rest of the United States , traders in Little Egypt have been hit by the recession .