Italian Corners - Little Italy - Manhattan - From Mulberry Street to Grand Street 

Dont give up. History matters. Memories matter. Families matter. Those old buildings feel like a true home.

My Grandparents were born on Mulberry and my family lived on Mott street until 2003. I miss that place but I continue to go down and eat in the Italian restaurants. So many memories. It was the best place in the world to live.

It generally makes me sad Italian-American neighbourhoods in New York won’t be around much longer

The uniqueness of this culture and style should be preserved. It was the backbone of New York and anyone conscious would agree.

I'm an American, but actually got to live in Naples, Italy from 1970-1976 age 7 to 14. Never have I had such great tasting pasta or pizza in my life....and never since.....then moved to Athens, Greece from 1976 -1981 age 14 to 17 where I graduated high school. I had a great experience growing up.

Sad to see italian shops disappearing. That's the soul of Manhattan. Sad stuff

It went downhill in the 90's when they started selling rice and beans at the San Gennaro festival. The Italian feel is lost, too many generations have passed and the first generation Italian American can only tell his kids about great memories while his kids roll their eyes and have no clue what prosciutto is.

All Italians have to get together and find another place to call "little Italy 🇮🇹 " , somewhere, somehow.

It's sad to see a neighborhood deep tradition and family disappear but life changes and time stands still for no one

Thanks for the video....so interesting to hear this history of this area.

I've been to Taylor St, Little Italy in Chicago for the Italian Festival and these people are school because bit doesn't matter how old your are or when ur family came over, these peoples heritage and traditions lives on through them. Its such a historical place.

I’m 55 and lived in CA my whole life. As a kid all the parents on the street were our moms and dads. If they saw you doing something wrong they said knock it off. Today nobody even knows there neighbors let alone speaks the same language.

My parents were married in old St,. Patricks in 1937. Family lived on Elizabeth st.

New York wasn't New York when I left in 2003. I used to sing in Little Italy. Cafe Palermo and Casa Bella. It was a great summer, 1995. A dream come true. People giving me money for singing their song.

❤ I've been to L.I. many times but to live there would be a real and meaningful way to live.

" Can you make a Cawfee for me ? " lol I love these people !

That area was gone 20 years ago!

Nice video. Thanks. My father grew up on Mott St in the 20's. And I had an Aunt Asunta.

Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it!

Sono fiero di essere italiano un saluto agli italiani nel mondo

Buona Sera My fellow Brothers and Sisters. I am a native Bronx New Yorker transplanted into the American Southwest. I agree and appreciate the posting and sharing of this sad but great video......If I had the money to do this idea I would find a nice spread of land in the central part of the country and build a village with buildings similar to some what of little Italy or like in parts of both Italy and the Bronx .People could walk on a sunny beautiful Sunday , enjoying Gelato or Italian ices or a cup of espresso or coffee or a nice Italian 5 star plate of great pasta.....anyway again Grazie for the post...Buona Sera ,,.....Ciao...

I saw this video because I like the film Donnie Brasco. I love Italian food. Especially lasagna.

I vecchai sono morti. Memories, yes the older people in town always were a strong force of traditions and would look out for you.

Sucks!. My Little Italy neighborhood has been changing for the past three years! All the families are leaving because of the Chinese moving into Omaha, same as New York. I feel you, bro.

Childhood memories...

love it

I didn't know joseph gordon-levitt was italiano?

I bet Little Italy's restaurants are delish. Authentic, unlike the Olive Garden lol. I like Mexican food first and my second is Italian.

How Bout From Spring To Grand On Mulberry !!!!...

Good stuff

Im 1st generation Italian and im sorry to say little Italy NYC is gone! The Italians moved up to the suburbs or outer boro's bc the little Italy apartments were cramped for 8 people. They all wanted to "out do" each other and compete with buying bigger houses in nice neighborhoods. In any event, i recommend everyone visits little Italy in Boston, Mass. Its Boston's north end. Its prob the best little Italy around. Still very old school. Google it if your hesitant, its awesome

Hi "iitaly", just in case, I share my comment again, because I accidentally did some mistakes about some historical/ ethnic terms in my previous comment. You have very interesting videos about New York Italians, and I also live 22 years in New York, and I also know about these places of city, including " Little Italy", And all respect to Italy, Italian people, diverse Italian cultures/ culture (beginning from ancient times and continuing with next times: Roman times, Renaissance time, Boticheli, Vivaldi, Verdi, Felini, Mastroiani and so on.) from Georgia...Also just in case, as from historian by education, Etruscan people from Italy, Georgians in Georgia (Black Sea region of Europe in Caucasus), Corsicans in Corsica, Spanish Iberian in Spain, Picts in Britain and other Iberian, Ibero/ Celtic people have same ethno- ethnic origin and represent Iberian race, Iberian peoples, Ibero/ Celtic people of Europe (Also, in the form of the relevant historical times, of mixed ethno, ethnic, cultural ties between the ancestors of Georgians, Georgians and Romans, including the Eastern Romans (Romans-Byzantines), etc.) and this why they (we) all have similarities, or identical in culture, in folk music, in ancient/ follk architectural style and so on. Sincerely, alex

I'm pretty sure that was Alec Baldwin at 1:44 talking to those guys.

Ti Amo! Italiano molto bello

Those were the days, nothing like it.

NYC Home of the Brave

Come ha detto un uomo molto saggio," Non si può tornare mai più a casa!" La stessa medessima cosa è successo al mio quartiere nel South Philly; è completamente cambiato. Così è la vita....

Yeah spot on ! From the Bronx italian and Irish , even if the Italians stayed, nobody keeps the old standards culture, nothing!! So it's sad

I am Italian/Moroccan from Le Marche in Italy and I really wanna go there, I feel like I can belong there.

Sounds like it might end up like Greek town in Detroit just like one or two streets its just for like novelty

100% true

Same thing happened in Australia, the Italians migrated out in the 30s & 40s and the Anglos moaned & winged about it, but their food & passion for life came with them and helped shape Australia into a multicultural society especially Melbourne Victoria & North Queensland, thank God for the Italians ..

Purtroppo il tempo passa!

aww that's a shame the thing is and it's sad but most places are getting like that, ripping the heart out of communities but thx for the video

Emellio "Chang" Vittorio?

MY NEIGHBORHOOD. BORN RAISED AND STILL HERE. NYC 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱. MY GRANDFATHER AND DAD WERE OWNERS OF ALL GROCERY STORE PRINCE ST. AND MOTT ST. NIGHT CLUBS ON FORSYTHE ST. MY GRANDPARENTS HAVE 80 YEARS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I WENT TO ST PATRICK SCHOOL. OUR SPRING ST PARK EVERYONE HERE PLAYED DOMINOS CARDS MUSIC AND BASKETBALL.

save traditions

Sono Orgoglioso di essere italiano, orgoglioso per tutti i miei paesani che sono andati negli stati uniti tra il 1900 -1960 , veramente un orgoglio che il nostro stato non guarda , ,quelle vie devono rimanere italiane , via i cinesi non c'entrano nulla , i cinesi si vogliono comprare italia e tutti i luoghi che gli italiani hanno fatto grandi

Great segment......... but unfortunately there is changes all over the country. Nothing is the same when we were kids versus today.

So sad to see this place like this deminished :-(

its natural people want to get out of inner city, crowd, pollution, crime, too much noise etc

Got married in that church in 2000

Went there, nyc. I met many Italian Americans, i was surprised at least 50% where Italian Americans ju's like the movie director Martin Scorsese and other famous Italian Americans.

I'm a former cop, i know all about Mott street and Mulberry street - I had a lot of friends in the FBI who also were quite familiar with the neighborhood. But somehow our memories of the old days there are quite different than these sweet sentiments from the ordinary, hard-working residents of the area.

I grew up at 246 mott st acroos from the church apt 4f

Unfortunately one thing that is constant and definite is CHANGE! Little Italy in Manhattan was filled with Italian Americans for MUCH longer than other Little Italy's in other parts of New York and America

Fight to survive.....

The best way to keep traditions alive is studying italian language.

Why does Emilio Vittolo remind me of Don Jon

It's nice there but the rent is so expensive

Where did thay go? Ps my native italians Go and conquer the world !!!🇮🇹

Sad...

i liked this video but it made me kind of sad that all the old people are dying of old age and then the youngsters will also die of old age and it just keeps going like that. its sad :(

Not every Italian looks like a Goodfellas extra.

It's sad little italy is fast becoming little china. #sadbuttrue

Yea! he is a mix of Mulbarry street and China town today you can see in little Italy Italians looks like chinees that is normal 😂😂😂🍷 salut

Sammy, help em out bro! Get outta Arizona revive the community, give em some shit to talk about! The Bull’s new stomping ground.

The Italians left Italy for a better life, now they have left Little Italy for a better life. Chinese have left China to settle in Little Italy for a better life and then they will leave for even better life as a new community moves in one day seeking their fortune. It's happened to every ethnic community, even Harlem is changing through gentrification,

The young man that said he was from Italy(he had on the dark grey suit jacket with light grey pants) looks like he is part Asian?

I hate to see the old neighborhood change.

We sold out Mediterranean family oriented culture of Southern Italy for American values of materialism, snobbery, and immorality. We left our enclaves, churches, and language, married into non Italian families, chased doctors degrees, the almighty dollar, and the white picket fences of Anglo Suburbia. Can't blame other ethnicities for taking the place of our abandoned neighborhoods. I keep the culture and traditions but am finding myself in ever dwindling company. Though a shadow of the past the realest continue on. I speak the language fluently, go to the Motherland often, and keep up with the Faith and traditions of our ancestors.

Oh, well. They can always move to Boston.

I couldn't believe it, I just went to Motts st thinking there was going to be italian flags and shops everywhere, everything is just chinatown now. Lost all its charm.

Where do Italian Americans preserve their identity, language, and culture today??

If they could improve he food quality at those restaurants they will have a chance.

Italian bruce lee

I'm Italian from Italy and i want to say Ciao Fratelli ! but not even in Italy we are preserving our culture, chineses bought everything here too ahaha

It’s a shame. The Chinese are running us out by just sheer numbers

At 4:38,..yes,he DOES look part Chinese.Remember.Chinatown Manhattan has become steadily taking over Little Italy.My great grandmother was half Italian.The Italian peoples,They know their blood lineage-history has African roots.By way of the Moors,The Great African General Hannibal of Carthige,(ancient name for Tunisia,,,AFRICA,,,)-The Italians,especially from the Mediterranean area ARE NOT CAUCASIAN-GREW UP IN SOUTH PHILLY.UNDER THE RIZZO ERA,I JUST HAD WELL HAVE BEEN IN MISSISSIPPI IN 1919.WHILE LA COSA NOSTRA FLOOD MAKES A LIVING IN CRIME AND FLOODING MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS WITH POISON,SOME CARRY THE THOUGHT THAT THEY,ARE SUPREME HUMANS..."AWE'BUT AIN'T THAT AMERICA,HOME OF THE FREE"?---

What a travesty.. Truly depressing

OBVIOUSLY.HE IS ASHAMED OF HIS ASIAN BLOOD-TERRIBLE TO LIVE A LIFE DENYING WHO AND WHAT YOU ARE---😢

Gina. Child brides. Hotel Royal G sucked!

BRING BACK THE LATIN MASS !!!!