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New York City has the largest population of [[Italian Americans]] in the [[United States of America]] as well as [[North America]], many of whom inhabit ethnic enclaves in [[Brooklyn]], [[the Bronx]], [[Manhattan]], [[Queens]], and [[Staten Island]]. New York City is home to the third largest Italian population outside of [[Italy]], behind [[São Paulo, Brazil]] and [[Buenos Aires, Argentina]], respectively. Over 1.3 million Italians and Italian-Americans live in the greater New York City metro area, with about 800,000 living within one of the five New York City boroughs. |
New York City has the largest population of [[Italian Americans]] in the [[United States of America]] as well as [[North America]], many of whom inhabit ethnic enclaves in [[Brooklyn]], [[the Bronx]], [[Manhattan]], [[Queens]], and [[Staten Island]]. New York City is home to the third largest Italian population outside of [[Italy]], behind [[São Paulo, Brazil]] and [[Buenos Aires, Argentina]], respectively. Over 1.3 million Italians and Italian-Americans live in the greater New York City metro area, with about 800,000 living within one of the five New York City boroughs. |
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⚫ | The first Italian to reside in New York was [[Pietro Cesare Alberti]],<ref name=ItalianHistoricalPage>{{cite web|url=http://www.italianhistorical.org/page63.html|title=Peter Caesar Alberti|accessdate=June 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914161128/http://www.italianhistorical.org/page63.html|archive-date=September 14, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> a Venetian seaman who, in 1635, settled in the Dutch colony of [[New Amsterdam]] that would eventually become [[New York City]]. A small wave of Protestants, known as [[Waldensians]], who were of French and northern Italian heritage (specifically Piedmontese), occurred during the 17th century, with the majority coming between 1654 and 1663<ref>Memorials of the Huguenots in America, by Ammon Stapleton, page 42</ref>. A 1671 Dutch record indicates that, in 1656 alone, the [[Duchy of Savoy]] near [[Turin]], Italy, had exiled 300 Waldensians due to their Protestant faith. |
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The first Italian to reside in New York was [[Pietro Cesare Alberti]],<ref name=ItalianHistoricalPage>{{cite web |
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⚫ | |url=http://www.italianhistorical.org/page63.html|title=Peter Caesar Alberti|accessdate=June 2, 2011}}</ref> a Venetian seaman who, in 1635, settled in the Dutch colony of [[New Amsterdam]] that would eventually become [[New York City]]. A small wave of Protestants, known as [[Waldensians]], who were of French and northern Italian heritage (specifically Piedmontese), occurred during the 17th century, with the majority coming between 1654 and 1663<ref>Memorials of the Huguenots in America, by Ammon Stapleton, page 42</ref>. A 1671 Dutch record indicates that, in 1656 alone, the [[Duchy of Savoy]] near [[Turin]], Italy, had exiled 300 Waldensians due to their Protestant faith. |
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The largest wave of Italian immigration to the United States took place in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Between 1820 and 1978, 5.3 million Italians immigrated to the United States, including over two million between 1900 and 1910. Only the [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Germans]] immigrated in larger numbers. |
The largest wave of Italian immigration to the United States took place in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Between 1820 and 1978, 5.3 million Italians immigrated to the United States, including over two million between 1900 and 1910. Only the [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Germans]] immigrated in larger numbers. |
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"Italian Harlem" approached its peak in the 1930s, with over 100,000 Italian-Americans living in its crowded, run-down apartment buildings.<ref>{{cite enc-nyc}}, p.605 "Their number increased slightly during the 1930s, when as many as 110,000 Italians lived east of Lexington Avenue between 96th and 116th streets and east of Madison Avenue between 116th and 125th streets."</ref> The 1930 census showed that 81 percent of the population of Italian Harlem consisted of first- or second- generation Italian Americans. This was somewhat less than the concentration of Italian Americans in the [[Lower East Side]]’s [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] with 88 percent; Italian Harlem’s total population, however, was three times that of Little Italy.<ref name="meyer">Meyer,Gerald. [http://vitomarcantonio.com/east-harlem/italian-east-harlem/ "Italian Harlem: America’s Largest and Most Italian Little Italy"]</ref> Remnants of the neighborhood's Italian heritage are kept alive by the [[Giglio Society of East Harlem]]. Every year on the second weekend of August, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated and the "Dancing of the Giglio" is performed for thousands of visitors. |
"Italian Harlem" approached its peak in the 1930s, with over 100,000 Italian-Americans living in its crowded, run-down apartment buildings.<ref>{{cite enc-nyc}}, p.605 "Their number increased slightly during the 1930s, when as many as 110,000 Italians lived east of Lexington Avenue between 96th and 116th streets and east of Madison Avenue between 116th and 125th streets."</ref> The 1930 census showed that 81 percent of the population of Italian Harlem consisted of first- or second- generation Italian Americans. This was somewhat less than the concentration of Italian Americans in the [[Lower East Side]]’s [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] with 88 percent; Italian Harlem’s total population, however, was three times that of Little Italy.<ref name="meyer">Meyer,Gerald. [http://vitomarcantonio.com/east-harlem/italian-east-harlem/ "Italian Harlem: America’s Largest and Most Italian Little Italy"]</ref> Remnants of the neighborhood's Italian heritage are kept alive by the [[Giglio Society of East Harlem]]. Every year on the second weekend of August, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated and the "Dancing of the Giglio" is performed for thousands of visitors. |
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The best-known "Little Italy" in Manhattan is the area currently called that, which centers around [[Mulberry Street (Manhattan)|Mulberry Street]]. This settlement, however, is rapidly becoming part of the adjacent [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]] as the older Italian residents die and their children move elsewhere. As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], 692,739 New Yorkers reported [[Italians|Italian ancestry]], making them the largest European ethnic group in the city.<ref>{{cite news|title=2000 Census|author=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|year=2000|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/mpsfsb11.pdf|accessdate=2007-05-24|format=PDF}}</ref> In 2011, the [[American Community Survey]] found there were 49,075 persons of Italian birth in New York City.<ref>New York City Department of City Planning, [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny2013/nny_2013.pdf "The Newest New Yorkers - Characteristics of the City's Foreign Born Population"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103161759/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny2013/nny_2013.pdf |date=2015-01-03 }}, 2013</ref> |
The best-known "Little Italy" in Manhattan is the area currently called that, which centers around [[Mulberry Street (Manhattan)|Mulberry Street]]. This settlement, however, is rapidly becoming part of the adjacent [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]] as the older Italian residents die and their children move elsewhere. As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], 692,739 New Yorkers reported [[Italians|Italian ancestry]], making them the largest European ethnic group in the city.<ref>{{cite news|title=2000 Census|author=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|year=2000|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/mpsfsb11.pdf|accessdate=2007-05-24|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712134052/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/mpsfsb11.pdf|archive-date=2007-07-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, the [[American Community Survey]] found there were 49,075 persons of Italian birth in New York City.<ref>New York City Department of City Planning, [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny2013/nny_2013.pdf "The Newest New Yorkers - Characteristics of the City's Foreign Born Population"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103161759/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny2013/nny_2013.pdf |date=2015-01-03 }}, 2013</ref> |
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[[File:USA san gennaro vendors NY.jpg|thumb|230px|Street vendors at the [[Feast of San Gennaro]] in Manhattan's [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]].]] |
[[File:USA san gennaro vendors NY.jpg|thumb|230px|Street vendors at the [[Feast of San Gennaro]] in Manhattan's [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]].]] |
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The Italian international private school [[La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi]], serving grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12, is located in [[Manhattan]]. It is the sole bilingual English-Italian day school in North America.<ref>"[http://www.lascuoladitalia.org/about-la-scuola/ About la scuola]." [[La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi]]. Retrieved on May 2, 2015.</ref> |
The Italian international private school [[La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi]], serving grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12, is located in [[Manhattan]]. It is the sole bilingual English-Italian day school in North America.<ref>"[http://www.lascuoladitalia.org/about-la-scuola/ About la scuola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623234736/http://www.lascuoladitalia.org/about-la-scuola/ |date=2015-06-23 }}." [[La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi]]. Retrieved on May 2, 2015.</ref> |
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==Institutions== |
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The [https://calandrainstitute.org/ John D. Calandra Italian American Institute], founded in 1979 and located in Midtown Manhattan, is an academic institute that studies matters pertaining to the history of Italians in the United States. |
The [https://calandrainstitute.org/ John D. Calandra Italian American Institute], founded in 1979 and located in Midtown Manhattan, is an academic institute that studies matters pertaining to the history of Italians in the United States. |
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The Italian American Museum is located in Manhattan's [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]]. Located in a former bank, Banca Stabile, its current building had a "soft opening" in September 2008,<ref>Mallozzi, Vincent M.『[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nyregion/09italian.html?scp=3&sq=italian%20american%20museum&st=cse&_r=0 In Little Italy, a Former Bank Will Now Hold Italian Immigrants’ Memories]』([https://www.webcitation.org/6YESjRygE?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nyregion/09italian.html?scp%3D3%26sq%3Ditalian%20american%20museum%26st%3Dcse%26_r%3D0 Archive]). ''[[The New York Times]]''. September 8, 2008. Print: September 9, 2008, page B3, New York edition. Retrieved on May 3, 2015.</ref> and a formal opening in October.<ref name="Haberman">Haberman, Clyde. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/nyregion/14nyc.html?_r=0 A March Uptown and a Shrine Downtown for Italian Heritage]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6YESVYcQp?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/nyregion/14nyc.html?_r |
The Italian American Museum is located in Manhattan's [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]]. Located in a former bank, Banca Stabile, its current building had a "soft opening" in September 2008,<ref>Mallozzi, Vincent M.『[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nyregion/09italian.html?scp=3&sq=italian%20american%20museum&st=cse&_r=0 In Little Italy, a Former Bank Will Now Hold Italian Immigrants’ Memories]』([https://www.webcitation.org/6YESjRygE?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nyregion/09italian.html?scp%3D3%26sq%3Ditalian%20american%20museum%26st%3Dcse%26_r%3D0 Archive]). ''[[The New York Times]]''. September 8, 2008. Print: September 9, 2008, page B3, New York edition. Retrieved on May 3, 2015.</ref> and a formal opening in October.<ref name="Haberman">Haberman, Clyde. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/nyregion/14nyc.html?_r=0 A March Uptown and a Shrine Downtown for Italian Heritage]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6YESVYcQp?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/nyregion/14nyc.html?_r=1& Archive]). ''[[The New York Times]]''. October 14, 2008. Print: October 14, 2008, p. A25, New York edition. Retrieved on May 3, 2015.</ref> |
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=== Churches === |
=== Churches === |
New York City has the largest population of Italian Americans in the United States of America as well as North America, many of whom inhabit ethnic enclaves in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. New York City is home to the third largest Italian population outside of Italy, behind São Paulo, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina, respectively. Over 1.3 million Italians and Italian-Americans live in the greater New York City metro area, with about 800,000 living within one of the five New York City boroughs.
The first Italian to reside in New York was Pietro Cesare Alberti,[1] a Venetian seaman who, in 1635, settled in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam that would eventually become New York City. A small wave of Protestants, known as Waldensians, who were of French and northern Italian heritage (specifically Piedmontese), occurred during the 17th century, with the majority coming between 1654 and 1663[2]. A 1671 Dutch record indicates that, in 1656 alone, the Duchy of Savoy near Turin, Italy, had exiled 300 Waldensians due to their Protestant faith.
The largest wave of Italian immigration to the United States took place in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Between 1820 and 1978, 5.3 million Italians immigrated to the United States, including over two million between 1900 and 1910. Only the Irish and Germans immigrated in larger numbers.
The first New York City neighborhood to be settled by large numbers of Italian immigrants – primarily from Southern Italy (mostly from Sicily) – was East Harlem, which became the first part of the city to be known as "Little Italy". The area, which lies east of Lexington Avenue between 96th and 116th Streets and east of Madison Avenue between 116th and 125th Streets, featured people from different regions of Italy on each cross street, as immigrants from each area chose to live in close proximity to each other.[3]
"Italian Harlem" approached its peak in the 1930s, with over 100,000 Italian-Americans living in its crowded, run-down apartment buildings.[4] The 1930 census showed that 81 percent of the population of Italian Harlem consisted of first- or second- generation Italian Americans. This was somewhat less than the concentration of Italian Americans in the Lower East Side’s Little Italy with 88 percent; Italian Harlem’s total population, however, was three times that of Little Italy.[5] Remnants of the neighborhood's Italian heritage are kept alive by the Giglio Society of East Harlem. Every year on the second weekend of August, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated and the "Dancing of the Giglio" is performed for thousands of visitors.
The best-known "Little Italy" in Manhattan is the area currently called that, which centers around Mulberry Street. This settlement, however, is rapidly becoming part of the adjacent Chinatown as the older Italian residents die and their children move elsewhere. As of the 2000 census, 692,739 New Yorkers reported Italian ancestry, making them the largest European ethnic group in the city.[6] In 2011, the American Community Survey found there were 49,075 persons of Italian birth in New York City.[7]
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The Italian international private school La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi, serving grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12, is located in Manhattan. It is the sole bilingual English-Italian day school in North America.[8]
The Consulate-General of Italy in New York is located in the Upper East SideofManhattan.[9]
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, founded in 1979 and located in Midtown Manhattan, is an academic institute that studies matters pertaining to the history of Italians in the United States.
The Italian American Museum is located in Manhattan's Little Italy. Located in a former bank, Banca Stabile, its current building had a "soft opening" in September 2008,[10] and a formal opening in October.[11]
Columbus Day and the San Gennaro Festival are celebrated in New York City.[11]
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