🇭🇹🇩🇴 The island of Hispaniola is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic — two nations with a complex history dating back to 1844, when political separation and conflict reshaped the region. Those tensions have echoed for generations. But history is only one part of the story. Haitians and Dominicans also share food, music, migration stories, language influences, and deep Caribbean roots. In Brooklyn, at @antillesofbrooklyn — named after the Greater Antilles that include both countries —