It's actually 99% Spanish, hence the "Barrio". As Pizza Boy knows, there are more Sicilians on 18th AVE in Brooklyn then anywhere else in NYC at anytime. And it's false regarding Harlem being mostly Sicilian, it was mostly Southern Italians. Not Sicilians. If you lived here you would know, shut if you had ever been here you would know. Had you ever been here you wouldn't make statements like you have. It's different then the WIKI articles you state as fact. Pizza Boy do you agree, being we were born and raised in the area.
I grew up in the Bronx. My Dad is originally from Pleasant Avenue and 117th Street, and my grandfather and grandmother lived there from when they arrived in this country until the day they died (they arrived in the late '20s and passed away in '87 and '91 respectively).
I spent a lot of time in the neighborhood during the '60s, '70s, and '80s, and still go back out of nostalgia from time to time. And from what I remember, the neighborhood was a melting pot of all Italians, with an emphasis on Calabrians, Neapolitans, Sicilians, and even some Abruzzese and Barese.
But my family only lived there for 60 years, so what do I know?
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