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Boston's is the largest and most sprawling that's for sure. Boston's is also the most "real", meaning there are actually Italians still living in Boston's North End (Little Italy). And many many restaurants and bakeries.
NYC's Little Italy although (Mulberry Street) has a ton of history, even though it really is not a real Italian enclave anymore, it still has many restaurants and old school pastry shops and bakeries that are fun to visit.
Philadelphia's is slowly changing, but it still has some very neat markets to visit. It reminds you of the olden days of the 1930's when people bought fruits and veggies of the street. But sadly Philly's South Side is changing quickly so this will not last to much longer. Visit it while you can!
There is still plenty of Italians living on Philly's southside ( on the east side of Broad St is 8th to Broad and Washington to Bigler and on the west side of Broad is south of Passyunk/Snyder Aves all the way down to Pattison Ave.
I vote for Bronx/Westchester. Arthur Ave. up through Mt. Vernon (mainly Fleetwood) and Yonkers, Tuckahoe and Eastchester.
There is no concerted effort to "make a little Italy", it's just there. No cutesy facades and city funded flags displays, just bakeries, delis, pizzerias, cafes, and a bunch of Italians.
And the mass immigration may have ended but I hear Italian accents on people who still have their hair and good looks :-)
Make that yuppie and hipster town instead of Chinatown. CT is also being encroached by gentrification.
I would respectfully disagree. According to this website
The vast majority of Chinatown is still Asian(granted, it could be other types of Asian but you get the gist.)
Arthur Ave... I friends (italian) that live on Staten Island and go all the way to The Bronx.
Arthur Ave is the most Italian area in NYC (at least commercially).
But Staten Island (specifically the south shore) is the most residential Little Italy in NYC.
Arthur Ave is Italian, but many of the Italian Deli's, bakeries, etc are owned by Albanians and Mexicans. So technically it's not real Italian anymore. Neighborhoods change...that's just life.
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