any heavily italian areas left? (besides SI) (house, living)
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Outside of the Arthur Avenue stretch which has quite a few Italian owned businesses, Belmont is not really that Italian. It's a mostly Black, Hispanic, and Albanian neighborhood now. Morris Park has a much larger Italian community, but even that neighborhood is considered mixed.
I heard that many of the Italian businesses on Arthur Av. are owned by Albanians anyway, so really Arthur Av. has basically turned into a little tourist area, EXCEPT for the market, that its real in there, if your ever in the bronx you have to stop at the Arthur Av. Market.
It is somewhat a tourist area as not many Italians live there anymore. Many of the people there during the day are Italians originally from the Bronx now living in Westchester or CT.
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Originally Posted by Dexterguy
I heard that many of the Italian businesses on Arthur Av. are owned by Albanians anyway, so really Arthur Av. has basically turned into a little tourist area, EXCEPT for the market, that its real in there, if your ever in the bronx you have to stop at the Arthur Av. Market.
Italian areas left are Morris Park, part of Allerton Avenue, in the Bronx. Howard Beach, Whitestone, parts of Ozone Park in Queens, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn.
Astoria, Queens along Ditmars and north of Steinway. I live on a 99% Italian street. The other 1% is Filipino (me). I've been told there's a lot of Filipinos in Roma since we're also devout Roman Catholics, so they like me.
Astoria, Queens along Ditmars and north of Steinway. I live on a 99% Italian street. The other 1% is Filipino (me). I've been told there's a lot of Filipinos in Roma since we're also devout Roman Catholics, so they like me.
Is Astoria still The "Greek Town" of New York City or is it mostly a mixed neighborhood?
I did not know that there was a lot of Italians in Astoria.
Is Astoria still The "Greek Town" of New York City or is it mostly a mixed neighborhood?
I did not know that there was a lot of Italians in Astoria.
It's pretty diverse but I think it will always be known as the Greek Town of New York. It's definitely the largest European group in the area.
There is a pretty large Italian population in Astoria. Some of the best Italian restaurants in the city are on Ditmars and some of the best Italian delis and coffee shops are on Broadway and 30th Ave near 46th Street.
I've lived in every pocket of Astoria and they live all over and tend to own a lot of the property here. All the split level houses i've had an apartment in where owned by Italians.
46th Street in particular is pretty much exclusively Italian from Broadway to 25th Ave as you can see from the businesses and Italian flags on cars. Ditmars too.
Bensonhurst is 1/3 Italian, 1/3 Chinese/Asian and 1/3 Russian/Eastern Europe.
It will be interesting to see what happens with our devastating recession we are going through and how it will affect future settlement patterns. Illegal Eastern Euros, Carribean and Chinese illegals seem to be in a better position to hang tough. The Mexican/Central Americans numbers might start to retract or at least hold steady barely.
No one mentioned the Graham Avenue area in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This third "L train" stop area is loaded with old-school Italians and has a lot of Italian-influenced restaurants, stores, and shops still being ran be old-timers today. Many of the 2, 3, and 4 family buildings in this area are still Italian-family-owned. Although the number is dropping, Italians still have a large presence in the area bounded by Grand St to the south, Union Avenue to the west, the BQE Expressway to the north, and Bushwick Avenue (roughly) to the east.
Whoever hasn't been over there should visit. There are many Italian gems in terms of stores and restaurants still in the area.
Graham ave is hipster country. You are more likely to find somebody speaking polish than italian there. Howard Beach and a few parts of the bronx. And many parts of long island.
Graham ave is hipster country. You are more likely to find somebody speaking polish than italian there. Howard Beach and a few parts of the bronx. And many parts of long island.
Some of the streets around there still have a lot of Italians. Check out this Google Street View image of Italian flags tied over Devoe Street. brooklyn ny - Google Maps I saw this the last time I was there (toggle until you are looking east); in addition to this there are still a LOT of Italian flags waving from people's cars and homes.
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