New York Italians is a social network of Italians, Italian Americans and Italophiles residing in the New York City area promoting Italian Culture, Heritage, Events, Language and Food. We are a friendly and enthusiastic group of people who share a love for the Italian language, its culture and its people meeting once a month in a classy location in Manhattan, sipping authentic Italian wine, making
new friends and tasting delicious Italian food. New York City has a large population of Italian Americans, many of whom inhabit ethnic enclaves in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Between 1820 and 1978, 5.3 million Italians immigrated to the United States, including over two million between 1900 and 1910. Italian families first settled in Little Italy's neighborhoods, the first and most famous one being the one around Mulberry Street, in Manhattan. As of the 2000 census, 692,739 New Yorkers reported Italian ancestry, making them the largest European ethnic group in the city. New York metropolitan area is home to 3,372,512 Italians, which is among the largest concentration in the world after Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Milan and Rome metropolitan areas. Italian communities in New York hold some widely attended celebrations and parades, including feasts for regional patron saints, most notably Feast of San Gennaro (September 19) by those claiming Neapolitan heritage, and Santa Rosalia (September 4) by Sicilians. Columbus Day is also widely celebrated in these communities. Italian Areas in NYC:
Arthur Avenue (Bronx), New York
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
Morris Park, Bronx, New York
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York
Mulberry Street, Manhattan (New York's Little Italy)
Pleasant Avenue, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
Howard Beach, Queens, New York
Staten Island, New York
Long Island, New York
Yonkers, New York
