The Irish said the same when the Italians started to move into their neighborhoods in the late 1800s. Just saying...

Like everyone is saying: just small pockets. Some of the larger pockets are in Queens. Especially Whitestone, Middle Village and Howard. In fact I would put Middle Village up there with Howard as far as remaining Italian populace.

If you ever walk through Richmond Hill, especially 98th street south of Jamaica Avenue, plenty of Italian flags. But it's a predominantly Guyanese neighborhood (or something). Same thing with Corona around 104th street (now mostly Mexican, etc.).

The truth about Queens is that is almost 50% Asian, all of it.

Check out this map from CUNY that says it all:
http://www.urbanresearchmaps.org/comparinator/pluralitymap.htm

What is Staten Island like today? Isn't it around 30-40% Italian today? That's pretty crazy for it being a whole borough and having that big of an Italian population.

Seems like everyone here wants to go back to the 1950's and have their grandparents living downstairs and their cousins next door, the social club on the corner, the italian bakery across the street, ect.

Everyone wants to grow up like Colegero or whatever his name was in a Bronx Tale. Lol

I find it extremely hard to believe that people have went from having to go outside to shit in a hole to having HDTV and iPad's all in the space of less than 50 years.

Ivy: you're kidding right?

Crime is based on socio-economic factors.

You don't have a poor Italian base, you don't have a mafia.

If you think for one second, There'd be ANY sort of mob based of a happy, healthy middle class? You're kidding.

Would you New York guys consider Queens a "suburban" area similar to Staten Island or is it more similar to The Bronx and Brooklyn?

Howard Beach seems to be one of the few strongholds left, something like 50% Italian.

Anyone mention Dyker Heights?

And please stop Googling demographics, Nicky. Please .

I got that number from the Howard Beach website Would you say that number is wrong?

It's not the number that frightens me, Nicky. It's your obsession with wanting it to be 1976. And you weren't born until 1996!

Don't get me wrong I wish it was 1976, but I'm in no way obsessed. The thread is about Italian areas in New York and all I did was post an Italian area with the demographic.

I'm just having some fun with you, Nicky. You know that. And trust me, forty years from now you're going to wish it was 2014 .

That's spot-on, Flushing. And even though I have more than a few years on you, we're alike in that we're both outer borough holdouts who still actually live here.

I have many good friends on this board. But if one more person from the Midwest asks me if the Bronx will ever "be Italian again," I'm gonna scream .

New to the board..had to comment on the last italian neighborhoods..one poster mentioned this area earlier, but I believe the middle village-glendale-ridgewood corridor gets overlooked. Obviously, the area is changing but this is one of the few areas where you could go an entire day without speaking english. Still plenty of Italian bakeries shops, cafes, etc.. there was a last strong wave of Italian immigrants who settled around Bushwick in the 60s up to the 80s and alot of them are still around. They just had a feast on fresh pond and you could still hear alot of Italian. .

Nothing stays the same....ever

Not to hijack the thread to Florida but I grew up in Hollywood. It was loaded with Italians from NY, NJ, PA etc. Back in 1970's there were at least five or six families on every block. My grandparents owned both houses on either side of us, across the street was an old guy from Italy named Rocky. there were at least five or six Italian specialty shops (and Hollywood is relatively small).

Miramar Fl was at least 50% or more Italian back in the 70's. My Wife went to Miramar high and every other kid has an Italian last name in her yearbook. They used to have a San Gennaro Feast in Miramar for years.

Now both Hollywood and ESPECIALLY Miramar are Jamaican, Haitian, and West Indian dominant.

You can tell when you drive though there. The houses are painted orange, pastel green and purple.....and the cut down all the trees.

Its all over. The best you can do is to try and teach a little of the culture (Italian) to your kids.

Sal

I knew I forgot something- The "San Gennaro" that they used to have every year in Miramar is now "The Caribbean Festival"....nice, huh?

Would you New York guys consider Queens a "suburban" area similar to Staten Island or is it more similar to The Bronx and Brooklyn?

Howard Beach seems to be one of the few strongholds left, something like 50% Italian.

Anyone mention Dyker Heights?

Except for the people who actually lived through it. Like me, and just a few others here. No one---I repeat, no one---who grew up in a tenement neighborhood wants the same for their kids.

The only people who make these kinds of posts---and I'm not judging here, I'm just pointing out the truth---are kids who feel like they were "born too late," so they tend to look at the world through the eyes of a revisionist.



And this is spot-fucking-on. I'm six or seven years younger than Chazz Palminteri, but I grew up a whole three blocks away from him. He grew up on 187th, right off Cambreleng. I grew up on 187th and Hoffman.

If you ever run into him, ask him if he wants to move back there today, even if the neighborhood was still Italian (which it most certainly isn't). He'll laugh at you and tell you that he's quite content on his farm up in Bedford.