{"id":7464,"date":"2013-09-18T04:40:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T08:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf-staging.takewalks.com\/blog2\/?p=7464"},"modified":"2024-11-08T08:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:21:41","slug":"nyc-italian-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/nyc-italian-neighborhoods","title":{"rendered":"NYC&#8217;s Classic Italian Neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7490\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_4511-600x379.jpg\" alt=\"Little Italy, NYC\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYC&#8217;s Little Italy today Photo: Jeff Dobbins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New York City welcomed millions of Italian immigrants<\/strong> in the late 19th and 20th Centuries, becoming home to the nation&#8217;s largest Italian population.\u00a0 The new Italian Americans created tight-knit communities in which they established churches, communal organizations, continued cherished traditions, and produced plenty of great food. While most of the Italian immigrant families have left the old neighborhoods, there are still remnants of that original Italian immigrant culture to be found.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a guide to finding that old-world culture in NYC&#8217;s historic Italian neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #443d47;color:#443d47\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #443d47;color:#443d47\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/nyc-italian-neighborhoods\/#Little_Italy\" title=\"Little Italy\">Little Italy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/nyc-italian-neighborhoods\/#Greenwich_Village\" title=\"Greenwich Village\">Greenwich Village<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/nyc-italian-neighborhoods\/#Arthur_Avenue\" title=\"Arthur Avenue \n\">Arthur Avenue \n<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/nyc-italian-neighborhoods\/#Italian_Harlem\" title=\"Italian Harlem\">Italian Harlem<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Little_Italy\"><\/span>Little Italy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NYC&#8217;s best know Italian neighborhood that once covered about 50 blocks of Lower Manhattan. Today it is engulfed by ever-expanding Chinatown and trendy, no-longer-so-Italian Nolita (North of Little Italy).\u00a0 The neighborhood is now just five blocks of <strong>Mulberry Street between Canal &amp; Spring<\/strong> and a bit of the intersecting cross streets. According to a recent census, only about 5 percent of residents in the neighborhood are of Italian descent.\u00a0 But, for those looking to experience \u201cauthentic\u201d Little Italy, there are still a few businesses run by founding families where you can get a taste of the old neighborhood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7580\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DiPalo-600x353.jpg\" alt=\"DiPalo Fine Foods, Little Italy, NYC\" width=\"407\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DiPalo-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DiPalo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Italian gourmet specialties in Di Palo&#8217;s Photo: Jeff Dobbins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amongst the tourist trap restaurants and stores hawking cheap souvenirs and \u201cSopranos\u201d kitsch there are some <b>old-school, family-run Italian ristorantes<\/b>. \u00a0They include Angelo\u2019s of Mulberry, La Mela, Benito One, and Floria\u2019s.\u00a0 For details, see our listing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/restaurants-little-italy-new-york\/\"><b>Best Restaurants in Little Italy<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0 Historic Lombardi\u2019s is the nation\u2019s first pizzeria and the font from which NYC\u2019s pizza passion sprang. \u00a0They still make thin-crust pizza in their original 1905 coal oven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A number of the neighborhood\u2019s wonderful <strong>old food shops<\/strong> have survived and are well worth a visit. \u00a0They include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allevadairy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alleva Dairy<\/a> (fresh homemade mozzarella &amp; ricotta), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dipaloselects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Di Palo\u2019s Fine Foods<\/a> (Italian charcuterie &amp; cheese, along with a new wine store), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parisibakery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parisi Bakery <\/a>(fresh breads and deli sandwiches) and <a href=\"http:\/\/piemonteravioli.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piemonte Ravioli<\/a>, who make fresh pasta and sauces on the premises and supply most of the nearby restaurants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Little Italy has some genuine <strong>Italian cafes and bakeries<\/strong> serving espresso, cappuccino, and pastries. \u00a0Relaxing in historic Caf\u00e9 Roma is a great \u201cold neighborhood\u201d experience. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.labellaferrarapasticceria108.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Bella Ferrara Bakery<\/a> is the real thing, where the cannoli, biscotti, traditional cookies and pastries are baked fresh in the basement, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caffepalermo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caff\u00e9 Palermo<\/a> has been called \u201cthe Cannoli King of Little Italy.\u201d\u00a0 Famed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferraranyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferrara Bakery<\/a> is an NYC institution, serving Italian sweet treats since 1892.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7582\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Piemonte-600x383.jpg\" alt=\"Piemonte Ravioli, Little Italy, NYC\" width=\"389\" height=\"247\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homemade pasta displayed in the window of Piemonte Ravioli Photo: Jeff Dobbins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To learn more about old neighborhood, visit the tiny <a href=\"http:\/\/www.italianamericanmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Italian American Museum<\/b><\/a>, housed in the former Stabile Bank. \u00a0The intimate space (which still includes the vintage teller\u2019s cages and bank vault) displays artifacts from neighborhood families, providing a glimpse at daily immigrant life and important local occasions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking of museums, a few blocks east is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenement.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Lower East Side Tenement Museum<\/b><\/a>, which conducts fascinating immersive tours. \u00a0One tour visits a recreation of the tenement home of the Baldizzi family.\u00a0 Their Museum Store also stocks excellent books on the Italian immigrant experience in NYC.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Greenwich_Village\"><\/span>Greenwich Village<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century Italian immigrants began to move into \u201cthe Village\u201d to work in the district\u2019s factories.\u00a0 They made their homes <strong>south of Washington Square<\/strong> along Bleecker, Carmine, Thompson, and Sullivan Streets, as well as the area that is now west SoHo.\u00a0 They built churches, clubs, food shops, and restaurants to serve their growing community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like it\u2019s sister neighborhood, most Italian families have left the Village for the boroughs (either by chose or they\u2019ve been priced out of the costly area). But remnants of the old neighborhood remain at <a href=\"http:\/\/stanthonynyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony of Padua<\/a> (the nation\u2019s oldest Italian parish), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofpompeiinyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Lady of Pompeii<\/a> (founded to serve Italian immigrants, where mass is still said in Italian) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perazzofuneralhome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perazzo Funeral Home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7584\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7584 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caffereggio1-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Caffee Reggio, NYC\" width=\"389\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caffereggio1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caffereggio1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old-school Caffe Reggio in Greenwich Village Photo: caffereggio.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There\u2019s plenty of great Italian food in the Village.\u00a0 Though most Italian restaurants are too new to be considered \u201cold neighborhood joints,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.villamosconi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Villa Mosconi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arturoscoaloven.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arturo\u2019s<\/a> are favorites of the few remaining Italians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">but there are still enduring classics like Faicco\u2019s Pork Store, <a href=\"http:\/\/raffettospasta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raffetto\u2019s<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnsbrickovenpizza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John\u2019s of Bleecker Street<\/a> (coal-oven pizza), <a href=\"http:\/\/pasticceriarocco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pasticceria Rocco<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caffe-dante.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caf\u00e9 Dante<\/a>, and famed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafereggio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caf\u00e9 Reggio<\/a> (with its 1902 espresso machine \u2013 NYC\u2019s first).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For some non-edible Italian culture, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scuolaitaliana.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scuola Italiana del Greenwich Village<\/a> provides instruction in Italian language and presents a roster of events focused on Italian culture and history.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arthur_Avenue\"><\/span><b>Arthur Avenue<br \/>\n<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many claim <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthuravenuebronx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arthur Avenue<\/strong><\/a> in the <strong>Belmont area of the Bronx<\/strong> is NYC\u2019s \u201creal Little Italy.\u201d \u00a0The commercial center of this Italian neighborhood is Arthur Avenue, which is lined with restaurants and shops offering excellent Italian dining, foods, house wares and gifts.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Italian_Harlem\"><\/span>Italian Harlem<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7586\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Giglio01-600x799.jpg\" alt=\"Giglio of Italian Harlem\" width=\"318\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Giglio01-600x799.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Giglio01.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Dance of the Giglio&#8221; in Italian Harlem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A section of <strong>East Harlem<\/strong> that was home to an enormous community of immigrants from Southern Italy in the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries. (In fact, it was the first NYC neighborhood to be labeled &#8220;Little Italy.&#8221;)\u00a0 At its peak, there were over 100,000 Italians crowded into the tenements and streets that were organized by village of origin.\u00a0 Italians began leaving East Harlem in the 1950s and the area became \u201cSpanish Harlem\u201d as newcomers from Latin America moved into the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Little remains of Italian Harlem. \u00a0The restaurants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rao\u2019s<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepatsyspizza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patsy\u2019s Pizzeria<\/a> are still renowned and popular, and there\u2019s Claudio\u2019s Barbershop (recently saved from eviction by popular demand).\u00a0 Lastly, there\u2019s the community\u2019s spiritual home, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which now performs services in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, one weekend each summer Italian Harlem comes back to life when residents of the old neighborhood return for the <b>Giglio di Sant Antonio<\/b>. \u00a0The culmination of the three-day festival is the Dancing of the Giglio, an 80 ft. tower that is carried through the streets in honor of the saint.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7503\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/San-Gennaro-2-600x410.jpg\" alt=\"San Gennaro Festival, NYC\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festive Feast of San Gennaro Photo: Jeff Dobbins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"NYC&#8217;s Classic Italian Neighborhoods\" class=\"read-more\" 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