Because the area of Chinatown has consistently expanded, Chinatown has taken advantage of New York's comprehensive transportation network and extended out to form a satellite city for the Lower East Side.
於是唐人街範圍逐漸擴展（如圖），藉著紐約大都會區四通八達的交通網路，衍伸出布魯克林的唐人街，成為下東城的衛星街市。