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

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
• Wooster Square in New Haven, Connecticut
• 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

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

External links

• The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri's "Little Italy"