Little Italy

Little Italy

:"See also: List of Italian-American neighborhoods"

Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.

List of Little Italys

Canada

*Little Italy, Calgary, in Alberta
*Little Italy, Edmonton, in Alberta
*Little Italy, Hamilton, in Ontario
*Little Italy, Montreal, in Quebec
*Little Italy (Ottawa), in Ontario
*Little Italy, Toronto, in Ontario
*Little Italy (Vancouver), in British Columbia
*Little Italy, Winnipeg, in Manitoba

United States

*Little Italy, Brier Hill, in Youngstown,Ohio
*Little Italy, Baltimore, in Maryland
*North End, Boston, in Massachusetts
*Little Italy, The Bronx, in New York City
*Little Italy, Cleveland, in Ohio
*Little Italy, Chicago, in Illinois
*Little Italy, Hartford, in Connecticut
*Little Italy, Manhattan, in New York City
*Little Italy, Niagara Falls, in New York
*Little Italy (Omaha), in Nebraska
*Little Italy, Paterson, in New Jersey
*Little Italy, San Diego, California
*Little Italy, Syracuse, in New York
*Little Italy, Troy, in New York
*Little Italy, Wilmington, in Delaware
*Little Italy, South Des Moines, in Iowa
*Little Italy, Altoona, in Pennsylvania
*Little Italy, Connellsville, in Pennsylvania
*Little Italy, in West Virginia
*Little Italy, New Haven, in Connecticut
*Little Italy, Buffalo, in New York
*Little Italy, Waterbury, in Connecticut

United Kingdom

*Little Italy in Bedford
*Little Italy, Hoddesdon, in Hertfordshire
*Little Italy, Liverpool in Liverpool

Republic of Ireland

*Italian Quarter, Dublin

Other Italian neighborhoods

Some Italian neighborhoods may have other names, but are colloquially referred to as "Little Italy," including:

Australia

*Norton Street, Sydney, in the suburb of Leichhardt.
* Ramsay Street, Haberfield
*Lygon Street, Melbourne, in Carlton
*Campbelltown/Athelstone, in South Australia

Canada

*Bridgeland, Calgary, Alberta
*Città Italiana, incorporating the entire district of St. Leonard (borough) in Montreal, Quebec
*Via Italia, Montreal
*LaSalle (borough), a district in Montreal with a high population of Italian ancestry
*Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, another prominent Italian district in Montreal
*Corso Italia, a prominent Italian neighbourhood in Toronto

Costa Rica

San Vito, Coto Brus

United Kingdom

*Clerkenwell, London
*Ancoats, Manchester

United States

*North Beach, San Francisco, California
*Thompsonville (Enfield), in Connecticut
*Town Plot in Waterbury, Connecticut
*Wooster Square in New Haven, Connecticut
*Heat of Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois
*Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois
*Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
*North Harlem Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
*Independence, Louisiana
*North End, Boston, Massachusetts
*The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri
*North East, Kansas City, Missouri and, formerly The North End
*Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
*Arthur Avenue, Bronx/Belmont, Bronx, New York
*Endicott, New York
*East Rochester, New York, referred to as "Little Italy of Rochester" although discussions are to officially label Midtown as "Little Italy"
*Sections of South Bronx, New York
*Upper North Side, Buffalo, New York, though Little Italy used to be considered the West Side of the city
*Schenectady, New York, proposed "Little Italy" from Hillary Clinton, to run through sections of downtown
*Utica, New York, East Side considered to be city's "Little Italy"
*Brier Hill, Youngstown, Ohio
*The Italian Market (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania
*South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Bloomfield (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
*Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island
*Johnston, Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Italian Americans of any municipality in the country.

Venezuela

*Ciudad Ojeda, Zulia

Other uses

In the Leslie Nielsen TV series "Police Squad" and film series "The Naked Gun", the creators usually managed to work in a reference to the police car supposedly driving through the "Little Italy" section of the city. Invariably the scene would be accompanied by a rear-projected shot of the Roman Colosseum.

*Maggiano's Little Italy
*"In Little Italy", a 1909 film directed by D. W. Griffith

External links

* [http://www.thehillstl.com/ The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri's "Little Italy"]


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