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Little Italy Information
Little Italy is a neighborhood in lower Manhattan, New York City, once known
for its large population of Italian immigrants.
Historically, Little Italy extended as far south as Bayard St, as far north as
Bleecker, as far west as Lafayette, and as far east as the Bowery. As
Italian-Americans left Manhattan for other boroughs and the suburbs in the
middle of the Twentieth Century, the neighborhood recognizable as Little Italy
gradually shrank. Large portions of the neighborhood were absorbed by Chinatown,
as immigrants from China and other East Asian countries moved to the area. The
northern reaches of Little Italy, near Houston Street, also ceased to be
recognizably Italian, and eventually became the neighborhood known today as
NoLIta, an abbreviation for North of Little Italy. Today, the section of
Mulberry Street between Broome and Canal Streets, lined with Italian restaurants
popular with tourists, remains distinctly recognizable as Little Italy.
The Feast of San Gennaro is a large street fair, lasting 11 days, that takes place every September along Mulberry Street between Houston Street and Canal Street.
Other Italian American neighborhoods in New York City include Little Italy of the Bronx (Arthur Avenue), Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, where 40% of the population is of Italian ancestry.