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

Italian-Americans in the United States can be found in large numbers and densities in states such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida, California, Illinois, and Massachusetts....


Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave
Ethnic enclave

An ethnic enclave, or ethnic neighborhood is a neighborhood, district, or suburb which retains some cultural distinction from a larger, surrounding area....
 populated primarily by Italians
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
 or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban
Urban area

An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
 neighborhood.






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




United Kingdom



Gaga's video "Eh Eh (nothing else I can say)" has been filmed in Little Italy of Manhattan. In the Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen

Leslie William Nielsen Order of Canada is a Canadian American comedian and actor. Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, he has achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun series of films....
 TV series Police Squad and film series The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 in film comedy film, the first in a The Naked Gun starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy , and O....
, the creators usually managed to work in a reference to the police car supposedly driving through the "Little Italy" section of the city.






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

Italian-Americans in the United States can be found in large numbers and densities in states such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida, California, Illinois, and Massachusetts....


Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave
Ethnic enclave

An ethnic enclave, or ethnic neighborhood is a neighborhood, district, or suburb which retains some cultural distinction from a larger, surrounding area....
 populated primarily by Italians
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
 or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban
Urban area

An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
 neighborhood.

List of Little Italys


Canada

  • Little Italy, Calgary, in Alberta
    Alberta

    Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
  • Little Italy, Edmonton, in Alberta
    Alberta

    Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
  • Little Italy, Hamilton, in Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Little Italy, Montreal
    Little Italy, Montreal

    Montreal Little Italy is located on Saint Laurent Boulevard between Jean-Talon and St. Zotique and is home to one of Montreal's original Italian Canadian communities....
    , in Quebec
  • Little Italy (Ottawa), in Ontario
  • Little Italy, Toronto
    Little Italy, Toronto

    Little Italy, sometimes referred to as College Street West or Latintown, is a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is well known for its numerous Italian Canadian restaurants and businesses....
    , in Ontario
  • Little Italy (Vancouver)
    Little Italy (Vancouver)

    Little Italy in Vancouver, Canada is an area in the eastern part of the city, in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, often synonymous with the Commercial Drive, Vancouver area....
    , in British Columbia
  • Little Italy, Winnipeg
    Little Italy, Winnipeg

    Little Italy is a vibrant district in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is located on Corydon Avenue between Winnipeg Route 70 in the west, and Winnipeg Route 42 in the east....
    , in Manitoba


United States

  • Little Italy, Brier Hill, in Youngstown,Ohio
  • Little Italy, Baltimore
    Little Italy, Baltimore

    Little Italy is a neighborhood located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.Situated just east of the Inner Harbor, it boasts one of the city's busiest restaurant districts....
    , in Maryland
  • Little Italy, Bridgeport
    Little Italy, Bridgeport

    Little Italy, also commonly referred to as the central end, is a neighborhood located in the center of inner-city Bridgeport, Connecticut located on Madison Avenue near the Fairfield County Correctional Facility and Central High School ....
    , in Connecticut
  • North End, Boston, in Massachusetts
  • Little Italy, The Bronx, in New York City
  • Little Italy, Cleveland
    Little Italy, Cleveland

    Little Italy is a neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio located at the base of Murray Hill, between Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood and the suburb of Cleveland Heights....
    , in Ohio
  • Little Italy, Chicago
    Little Italy, Chicago

    Little Italy is located in the Near West Side, Chicago Community areas of Chicago of the city of Chicago, Illinois, Illinois. It encompasses a 12 block stretch of Taylor Street east of Ashland Avenue and the streets to the north and south for several blocks in each direction....
    , in Illinois
  • Little Italy, Hartford, in Connecticut
    Connecticut

    Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
  • Little Italy, Manhattan
    Little Italy, Manhattan

    This article is about the neighborhood currently known as Little Italy in Lower Manhattan. For the neighborhood once known as Little Italy in Upper Manhattan, see Italian Harlem....
    , in New York City
  • Little Italy, Niagara Falls, in New York
  • Little Italy (Omaha)
    Little Italy (Omaha)

    Little Italy is a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Historically the home to the city's Italian population, Little Italy was the source for much of Omaha's rum-running during Prohibition in the United States, many laborers for the Union Pacific railroad, and the Santa Lucia Procession, which started in 1924 and continues annually....
    , in Nebraska
  • Little Italy, Paterson
    Little Italy, Paterson

    Little Italy is a neighborhood in Downtown Paterson, New Jersey. The neighborhood is bound roughly by College Boulevard and Memorial Drive to the north, Cianci Street to the west, Ward Street to the south and Main Street to the east....
    , in New Jersey
  • Little Italy, San Diego, California
    Little Italy, San Diego, California

    Little Italy is a neighborhood in Downtown San Diego San Diego, California, California that was originally a predominately Italy fishing neighborhood....
  • Little Italy, Syracuse
    Little Italy, Syracuse

    Little Italy Syracuse is an List of named ethnic enclaves in North American cities in Syracuse, New York, New York that contains several bakery, caf?s, pizzerias, restaurants, beauty salons, Retailing#Shops and stores, bar s and nightclubs....
    , in New York
  • Little Italy, Troy, in New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Little Italy, Wilmington
    Little Italy, Wilmington

    Little Italy is a neighborhood on the west side of Wilmington, Delaware.Little Italy is bounded roughly by 4th Street to the south, Union Street to the west, DuPont Street to the east, and Pennsylvania Avenue to the north....
    , in Delaware
  • Little Italy, South Des Moines, in Iowa
  • Little Italy, Altoona
    Altoona, Pennsylvania

    Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the principal city of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area....
    , in Pennsylvania
  • Little Italy, Connellsville
    Little Italy, Connellsville

    Little Italy, Connellsville is an area on the west side of Connellsville, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.Between 1880 and 1930, a flood of immigrants from Italy and many other European countries arrived in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and its vicinity, primarily to work in the coal, coke, steel, and locomotive industries....
    , in Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
  • Little Italy
    Little Italy, West Virginia

    Little Italy is an unincorporated area in Clay County, West Virginia, West Virginia, United States. It lies at an elevation of 787 feet ....
    , in West Virginia
    West Virginia

    West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
  • Little Italy, New Haven, in Connecticut
  • Little Italy, Buffalo
    Canal Street (Buffalo)

    Canal Street was the name of a thoroughfare as well as a district in Buffalo, NY in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originally called Rock Street, Canal Street ran parallel to and just to the west of the famed Erie Canal at its western terminus in Buffalo....
    , in New York
  • Little Italy, Waterbury, in Connecticut
  • Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
    Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

    Bensonhurst is a neighborhood located in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn....
    , in New York


United Kingdom

  • Little Italy in Bedford
    Bedford

    Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Bedford . According to Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town of Kempston....
  • Little Italy, Hoddesdon, in Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
  • Little Italy, Liverpool in Liverpool
    Liverpool

    Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....


Republic of Ireland

  • Italian Quarter, Dublin


Sweden

  • Little Italy, Göteborg
    Little Italy, Göteborg

    G?teborg's Little Italy is located within the triangle created by S?dra V?gen, Sk?negatan and Engelbrektsgatan. It is home to many Italian restaurants, caf?s and stores....


Other Italian neighborhoods

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

Australia

  • Norton Street, Sydney
    Norton Street, Sydney

    Norton Street, Sydney is located in the suburb of Leichhardt, New South Wales in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the main commercial street in the suburb....
    , in the suburb of Leichhardt
    Leichhardt, New South Wales

    Leichhardt is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the Local Government Areas of New South Wales of the Municipality of Leichhardt....
    , Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
    .
  • Ramsay Street, Haberfield
    Haberfield, New South Wales

    Haberfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Haberfield is located 9 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the Municipality of Ashfield....
  • Lygon Street, Melbourne
    Lygon Street, Melbourne

    Lygon Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, Australia running through the suburbs of Carlton, Victoria, Carlton North, Victoria, Princes Hill, Victoria and Brunswick East, Victoria....
    , in Carlton
  • Campbelltown
    Campbelltown

    Campbelltown can refer to:Places in Australia:*Towns/suburbs:**Campbelltown, New South Wales**Campbelltown, South Australia**Campbell Town, Tasmania...
    /Athelstone, in South Australia
    South Australia

    South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....


Brazil

  • Mooca, São Paulo
  • Bexiga, São Paulo


Canada

  • Bridgeland, Calgary
    Bridgeland, Calgary

    Bridgeland is an inner city neighborhood in the north-east quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.It is bounded to the south by Memorial Drive and the Bow River, to the east by Deerfoot Trail and Tom Campbell?s Hill, to the west by Edmonton Trail and to the north by the community of Renfrew, Calgary....
    , Alberta
  • Città Italiana, incorporating the entire district of St. Leonard (borough) in Montreal, Quebec
  • Via Italia, Montreal
  • LaSalle (borough)
    LaSalle (borough)

    LaSalle is a Montreal borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city of LaSalle located on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada....
    , a district in Montreal with a high population of Italian ancestry
  • Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
    Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

    Rivi?re-des-Prairies?Pointe-aux-Trembles is a Montreal borough of the City of Montreal, Quebec....
    , another prominent Italian district in Montreal
  • Corso Italia, a prominent Italian neighbourhood in Toronto


Chile


  • Capitan Pastene, northwest Temuco
    Temuco

    Temuco is the capital of the Araucan?a Region, Chile. The name comes from the Mapudungun language, meaning "temu water"; "Blepharocalyx cruckshankii" is a tree used by Mapuches for medicinal purposes....


United Kingdom

  • Clerkenwell
    Clerkenwell

    Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. Clerkenwell was once known as London's "Little Italy" due to its extensive Italian population from the 1850s to the 1960s....
    , London
  • Ancoats
    Ancoats

    Ancoats is an inner city area of Manchester, in North West England England, next to the Northern Quarter and the northern part of Manchester City Centre....
    , Manchester


United States

  • North Beach, San Francisco, California
    North Beach, San Francisco, California

    North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, San Francisco and Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California....
  • Thompsonville (Enfield), in Connecticut
  • Town Plot in Waterbury, Connecticut
  • Wooster Square
    Wooster Square

    Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, Connecticut to the east of Downtown New Haven. The name refers to a park square located between Greene Street, Wooster Place, Chapel Street and Academy Street in the center of the neighborhood....
     in New Haven, Connecticut
  • Heat of Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois
  • Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois
  • Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
  • North Harlem Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
  • Independence, Louisiana
    Independence, Louisiana

    Independence, originally known as Uncle Sam, is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,724 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • Little Italy, Baltimore
    Little Italy, Baltimore

    Little Italy is a neighborhood located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.Situated just east of the Inner Harbor, it boasts one of the city's busiest restaurant districts....
    , Maryland
  • North End, Boston, Massachusetts
    North End, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston, Massachusetts's North End is the city's oldest residential community, where people have lived continuously since it was settled in the 1630s....
  • The Hill, St. Louis
    The Hill, St. Louis

    The Hill is a mostly Italian-American neighborhood within St. Louis, Missouri, located on high ground south of Forest Park . The official boundaries of the area are Manchester Avenue on the north, Columbia and Southwest Avenues on the south, South Kingshighway Boulevard on the east, and Hampton Avenue on the west....
    , Missouri
  • North East, Kansas City, Missouri and, formerly The North End
  • Little Italy, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
    Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey

    Seventh Avenue, formerly known as the First Ward, is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey's North Ward. It was famously the heart of the city's large Little Italy....
  • Arthur Avenue, Bronx/Belmont, Bronx, New York
  • Varick Street, Utica, New York
  • Dominick Street, Rome, New York
  • Endicott, New York
    Endicott, New York

    Endicott is a village in Broome County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 13,038 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton, New York Binghamton metropolitan area....
  • East Rochester, New York
    East Rochester, New York

    East Rochester is a wikt:coterminous town and village located southeast of the Rochester, New York in Monroe County, New York, New York. The village, home to about 6,700 people, is bounded by Pittsford , New York to the west and south and Perinton, New York to the north and east....
    , referred to as "Little Italy of Rochester" although discussions are to officially label Midtown as "Little Italy"
  • Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
    Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

    Bensonhurst is a neighborhood located in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn....
    , New York
  • Sections of South Bronx, New York
  • Upper North Side, Buffalo, New York
    Buffalo, New York

    Buffalo , is the second largest city in the state of New York. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the county seat of Erie County, New York....
    , though Little Italy used to be considered the West Side of the city
  • Schenectady, New York
    Schenectady, New York

    Schenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a population of 61,821, making it the ninth-largest city in New York....
    , proposed "Little Italy" from Hillary Clinton, to run through sections of downtown
  • Utica, New York
    Utica, New York

    Utica is a city in the American state of New York, and the county seat of Oneida County, New York.The City of Utica is situated within the region referred to as the Mohawk Valley and the U.S....
    , East Side considered to be city's "Little Italy"
  • Brier Hill
    Brier Hill

    Brier Hill is a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio, that was once viewed as the city's "Little Italy" district. The neighborhood, which was the site of the city's first Italian settlement, stretches along the western edge of Youngstown's lower north side and encircles Anthony of Padua's Church, an Italian-American Roman Catholic parish....
    , Youngstown, Ohio
  • The Italian Market (Philadelphia)
    Italian Market (Philadelphia)

    The Italian Market is the popular name for the South 9th Street Curb Market, an area of Philadelphia featuring many grocery shops, cafes, restaurants, bakeries, cheese shops, butcher shops, etc., many with an Italy influence....
    , Pennsylvania
  • South Philadelphia
    South Philadelphia

    South Philadelphia, nicknamed "South Philly," is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west....
    , Pennsylvania
  • Bloomfield (Pittsburgh)
    Bloomfield (Pittsburgh)

    Bloomfield is a neighborhood in the East End of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; it is located three miles from the Downtown Pittsburgh, which is the city's center, and is represented on by Patrick Dowd....
    , Pennsylvania
  • Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island
  • Johnston, Rhode Island
    Johnston, Rhode Island

    Johnston is a New England town in Providence County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States and is very Italian. The population was 28,195 at the United States Census, 2000....
     has the highest percentage of Italian Americans of any municipality in the country.


Venezuela

  • Ciudad Ojeda, Zulia


Other uses

Lady Gaga's video "Eh Eh (nothing else I can say)" has been filmed in Little Italy of Manhattan. In the Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen

Leslie William Nielsen Order of Canada is a Canadian American comedian and actor. Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, he has achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun series of films....
 TV series Police Squad and film series The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 in film comedy film, the first in a The Naked Gun starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy , and O....
, 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
Colosseum

The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire....
.

  • Maggiano's Little Italy
    Maggiano's Little Italy

    Maggiano's Little Italy is an Italian cuisine-style chain of casual dining restaurants with locations throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Northern Ireland....
  • In Little Italy
    In Little Italy

    In Little Italy is a 1909 in film short subject silent film drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. ...
    , a 1909 film directed by D. W. Griffith
    D. W. Griffith

    David Llewelyn Wark "D. W." Griffith was a premier pioneering Academy Award-winning American film director. He is best known as the director of the groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance ....


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