In 2015 where are the Italian neighborhoods in the five boroughs (New York: living in, moving)

[Siciliano2391]

I'm 100 percent Sicilian and me and my girlfriend who is also 100 percent Sicilian we would like to move to NYC. We prefer living in an Italian neighborhood because we would like to be around our fellow people and would be a family oriented neighborhood. I've been doing research but I can't find any recent data except from the 2000 census on Italian neighborhoods in NYC. So we could really use some help on fink ding some nice Italian neighborhoods in NYC

[DoomDan515]

Brooklyn-
Bay Ridge
Dyker Heights
Bath Beach/Bensonhurst
Mill Basin

Queens-
Howard Beach
Middle Village
Glendale
Whitestone

Bronx-
Morris Park
Country Club

Staten Island-
Mid Island
South Shore

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Middle Village, Howard Beach, Glendale and Whitestone in Queens.

Others will chime in for the other boros. There has got to be a topic on this already.

[Siciliano2391]

I tried to find some posts but I couldn't find any and someone told me Bensonhurst isn't Italian anymore I hope that's not true

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by Siciliano2391

I tried to find some posts but I couldn't find any and someone told me Bensonhurst isn't Italian anymore I hope that's not true

Bensonhurst is rapidly becoming over run with Chinese/Asians. You still have an Italian presence but each year it becomes less and less.

Older Italians-Americans are dying off and or moving away, and their children certainly are leaving. Large numbers of South Brooklyn Italians have moved to Staten Island.


Signs Denote Changing Times in Bensonhurst - WSJ

[DoomDan515]

Originally Posted by Siciliano2391

I tried to find some posts but I couldn't find any and someone told me Bensonhurst isn't Italian anymore I hope that's not true

This is true. Trend has been happening since the early 90s I believe (possibly even before that).

[antinimby]

^ why do you use the words "over run?" That has a disparaging connotation.

As for the OP, unfortunately, you are about two decades too late. Italian-Americans were dominant in many city neighborhoods as late as the 90's but have since declined.

[charmed hour]

Throggs Neck in the Bronx also has a large Italian American presence. As does Pelham Bay, though that's changing. TN too just a little slower.

[ckhthankgod]

This should help: New York Italian as First Ancestry Population Percentage Census Tract Rank Based on ACS 2008-2012 data*

[Dangerous-Boy]

Originally Posted by Siciliano2391

I'm 100 percent Sicilian and me and my girlfriend who is also 100 percent Sicilian we would like to move to NYC. We prefer living in an Italian neighborhood because we would like to be around our fellow people and would be a family oriented neighborhood. I've been doing research but I can't find any recent data except from the 2000 census on Italian neighborhoods in NYC. So we could really use some help on fink ding some nice Italian neighborhoods in NYC

try NJ