THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Mikeymike12 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:44 pm Yeah i know it’s crazy, 20% was a low ball ( or wishful thinking ha ) .aw man he brought up the Iroc lol. Don’t forget with the T tops.
Any part of that area have an old feel to the neighborhood?

Mikeymike12 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:27 pm On 86th street It’s crazy on how many stores are Asian owned( like 20%) you can tell By the Asian (mostly chinese) signs on each store. When did that Drastically change ?
I heard 86 st was the place to be , on the weekend people would just drive up and down the strip .

johnny_scootch wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:20 pm

Mikeymike12 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:27 pm On 86th street It’s crazy on how many stores are Asian owned( like 20%) you can tell By the Asian (mostly chinese) signs on each store. When did that Drastically change ?
I heard 86 st was the place to be , on the weekend people would just drive up and down the strip .

20%!?! Feels more like 80%. It all went to hell in the 90's but you'd have to go back to the early 80's at least to be considered the man riding down 86st in your Camaro and in later years your IROC-Z.

Mikeymike12 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:27 pm On 86th street It’s crazy on how many stores are Asian owned( like 20%) you can tell By the Asian (mostly chinese) signs on each store. When did that Drastically change ?
I heard 86 st was the place to be , on the weekend people would just drive up and down the strip .

scagghiuni wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:03 pm

eboli wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 2:07 pm In the 1930s East Harlem's italian population was 3x times that of Little Italy or around 110k. That was 85%+ of the East Harlem overall population. In the 1950s the italians were still a majority in Little Italy. So Bensonhurst in the 60s and 70s was comparable to what East Harlem was in the 30s for newly arrived italian migrants and italian-americans. By 2012 Bensonhurst was 36% asian according to official sources. People from italian descent relocated in the 80s and 90s from the neighborhood.

staten island had less italian in the past or the same of today?

scagghiuni wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:03 pm staten island had less italian in the past or the same of today?

eboli wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 2:07 pm In the 1930s East Harlem's italian population was 3x times that of Little Italy or around 110k. That was 85%+ of the East Harlem overall population. In the 1950s the italians were still a majority in Little Italy. So Bensonhurst in the 60s and 70s was comparable to what East Harlem was in the 30s for newly arrived italian migrants and italian-americans. By 2012 Bensonhurst was 36% asian according to official sources. People from italian descent relocated in the 80s and 90s from the neighborhood.

johnny_scootch wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:29 am Astoria has the largest Italian American population in the whole city huh!?!

I lived here my whole life and I would have never guessed Astoria. You live and you learn.

scagghiuni wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:54 pm

eboli wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:51 am In 2000 there were 59,112 people of italian descent living in Bensonhurst. In the 1970's they were roughly double that number, so a big majority.

so bensonhurst had over 100.000 italians in the 1970s, i read little italy and east harlem about 10.000 in the 1910s at their peak of italian population

eboli wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:51 am In 2000 there were 59,112 people of italian descent living in Bensonhurst. In the 1970's they were roughly double that number, so a big majority.

scagghiuni wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:06 am

eboli wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:14 am Here's a census report for New York from a few months ago.
https://www.usworldherald.com/italian-a ... york-city/

interesting, how many italians in bensonhurst in the 1960s?