New York’s most overlooked neighbourhood is finally being discovered by tourists

There’s more to Manhattan than Midtown and Times Square (Picture: Getty Images)

Take a three-minute walk from the Empire State Building, around the corner from Fifth Avenue, and you’ll discover a place in Manhattan that’s not quite as famous as its neighbours. 

Koreatown, which spans just a few blocks in the centre of the city, is one of the largest Korean commercial districts in the States — and its atmosphere is infectious.

It is dense and resolutely vertical. Restaurants, bakeries, karaoke bars, beauty shops, and supermarkets stack on top of one another like a game of Jenga, glowing with neon signs late into the night. 

And in recent years, with the swell of interest in Korean...