2019 Cities with highest percentage of Italian Americans

[scagghiuni]

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]

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

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]

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.

[bert]

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.

I always heard it was Greek, it looks way more Arab to me now.

[scagghiuni]

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?

[Brian the brain]

Youngstown definitely has a high Italian population

[johnny_scootch]

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

Definitely more today then in the past. Half of Brooklyn moved across the bridge the rest went to Jersey or Long Island.

[Mikeymike12]

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 .

[eboli]

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?

It had less italians in the mid-20th century, but by the 80s people had started to relocate there from other boroughs. In 2019 the italian population is 35.7%. Here's how it compares to the previous three decades.

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[johnny_scootch]

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]

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.

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?

[Bklyn21]

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 .

The last of the 86th St. Place to be was about 20 years ago , That was about the very end

[johnny_scootch]

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?

There are still Italians around 14th Ave to 17th Ave, shore pkwy to benson. Down towards Dyker park.