Photo Essay: The Street Vendors of Roosevelt Avenue

Photojournalist Braden Ruddy takes us on a trip through the beautiful colors and aromas that you experience on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. He examines the cultural impact that food brings to immigrant communities in maintaining their distinct identity and how changes in policy may affect the makeup of a vibrant hub in one of the most ethnically diverse places on earth. Check it out at http://streetvendorsofrooseveltave.tumblr.com