Best Neighbor In The Bronx. I grew up On Grote St. Right Down The Block. I remember When Howard Johnson Use to Sit at the Corner Of Southern Blvd in front of P.S 205 A . In The 70's.. I remember that Church Because i Went to P.S.32 Belmont Ave. And That Church was The best Church Ever during the Holidays. I Sung Silent Night In Italian which i still can Sing it Today.. We had to Go to the Library in That Area. Ms.Epstien Taught Us How to Sing Silent Night In Italian.. The Music Teacher... I love Little Italy Area With All My Heart. I visit the Bronx i go Straight there to Eat..
What little remains is culturally crucial; however, you had to have grown up there to TRULY understand what it was like - AMAZING! I miss those days; until high school, I thought EVERYONE was Italian! A great place in which to grow up. I'm sad to see what has become of it now.
So cool! I was raised in the Bronx in the 50's......seeing this video sure brought lots of memories. Congressman Jose Serrano who appears in this video went to Dodge Voc. High School like myself....wow, love this video!
Paisan, from the native Bronx New Yorker living in the Southwest part of the country ....Grazie for sharing these great reflections back there in my real home town...everything was Primo ,Bellissimo.....again Grazie , Ciao....
It makes me a little Home sick..growing up during the 50's in the Bronx..Arthur Ave was a family stop every Week..Glad to see that it still going strong and keep its tradition and culture..
Pasquale's Rigoletto is great food and service, Teitel Bros. best Italian food store on the planet.. visited both last week, thanks again for keeping it a great place to visit.
I grew up in the Bronx when Itallian-Ameicans still lived on and around Morris Ave. We were Black-Ameicans who enjoyed all the Itallian shops there! We had Patsy's sandwich shop, where his mom made the BEST Veal parmagian ever! We also had Joey and Maria's deli. Judy's florist shop. And guess what? Judy and the store are still there! Abbey the shoemaker, and on and on, etc. etc. This was in the 50's and 60's Except for Judy's florist I believe everybody else is gone! Those were the days!
Great video- does my heart good ! Keep Arthur Avenue real so it doesn't go away like Mulberry Street. If the neighborhood goes the way of Brooklyn there will be gluten free pasta shops shoving all the real Italians out. Don't gentrify the Bronx ! Please keep it real so we all have a place to come home to
Lucia Gagliano Couldn’t fucking agree more!seems like all these NON Italians want to be near “us”?!?!?!& ruin “our” neighborhood!you let one in & they all come flocking & fucks it all up for us!Thank that scumbag Mayor Giuliani another practicing Italian hardon!
Hi Carmine I agree with you also. Im a proud italian. And it does break my heart that to see the changes. I get what you mean. We have the best culture. Viva italia sempre.
Around 2000, for my paternal grandfathers' 90th birthday, My older bro and I drove up to Pittsburgh (where my dad/grandad are from), and went out with various family and relatives to this little hole-in-the-wall restaurant in a section of town which has remained steadfastly Italian. The place had been owned and operated by three generations of the same family, and was Granddad's favorite eating spot for about 60 years. Can't recall the name, but the food was ridiculously good.
My friend Bob DAmbrosio (rip) introduced me to Egidios great ice cream and bakery I believe one of the flavors only during spring they have yhis delicious ice cream call lilies of the valley 👍🏿
Southern here, but New York has always fascinated me. However, I must admit until recently meeting someone who grew up in the Bronx, it was always scary thinking of visiting there. Although, I want to congratulate you on your video it is great, and I really enjoyed it. It's so great to see people so close, and I actually envy the people living there, wish my family had their closeness. I wonder how this neighborhood would respond to a southern boy moving there...:-)
Does anybody remembers Kittys Little Itaian Lady own the Candy Store on Belmont Ave in the '60s and 70s Use to serve Waffels with Neapolitan Ice Cream Sandwich Fries I think I was the 1st Black guy she hired in 73 to work behind the counter during lunch hrs. I counted well. All the Kids that went to P. S. 32 went to kitty's for lunch and the Pizza shop on the hill. To me, there's no people like Italians the most Loyal Folks on the plant the most Passionate if they love you they LOVE you if they don't trust you Omylanta I feel so sorry for you. I've always been blessed until this day I meet any Itailian person they love me off jump. It's growing up in this area and having an amazing Black Mom that raised me with pure love and honestly.
@@johnheffernan2422 Since you want to be a wise ass and call me names the correct proper italian spelling would be ( chi mangia bene vive bene ) …. It’s not like either one of us has a degree in Italian linguistics on top of that nobody speaks like that on Arthur Ave anymore unfortunately ….they actually speak more and more Albanian and very few speak napolitan and other southern dialects but you would know that if you would actually stop by there ?!? Either way I appreciate the correction, and the point is to preserve this gem of an authentic immigrant neighborhood !
Great video, but having been born and raised there, it sure ain't what it used to be. Yeah, "Little Italy" 50+ years ago but today? The merchants keep it alive but ask them where they live. Wonderful place to grow up in the 50s-60s, but that's a distant memory now. Another book was written about the old neighborhood, 'Belmont: Arthur Avenue & 187th Street' (available on Amazon.com or Backinthebronx website.)
I'm sure it will be a memorable experience although on Saturday it may be difficult to find parking. I believe there's a parking lot across from "The Market" so bring plenty of quarters.
At the Very Bottom of the Hill Was St. Barnabas Hospital. In the 70's The A&P was across the Street. Walk further Up to Webster was Sears & Robuck... Forham Rd. University... Cut thru Arthur Ave U can get to J.H.S.Paul Hoffman 45 My J.H.S. Until I Transferred to J.H.S.80 White Castles Was In front of The J.H.S Boys And Girls Club was Across the Stress Legendary Aurturs Park This Area is Legendary. It was Italians, Albanians, Yogoslavians, Prospect Ave P.R. Rock Steady Crew, Twin Parks Blacks... It was an amazing area to grow up in this Area. The Bronx Zoo Was Across the Street from my House...
Be Sure to check out the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, .. drop by our shop and check out the live cigar rollers. Hand-Rolled Cigars. Right before your eyes.
I can remember going over to my friend Anthony's house I broke into the house and next thing I know his mother and his grandmother be grabbing me by my ears and telling me to sit down at the table and eat and not I don't look like I'm healthy enough you need to eat more food which one of these skinny kids that was always running and the mother and grandmother would sit me down at the table and stuff me full of food and then when I come home my mother would say how come you're not eating and I tell her I was over at Anthony's house and his mother and grandmother stuff me full this food it was comical he come over to my house for Irish food and I go over to his house for Italian food the two of us were thicker than thieves
But you have to watch yourself over there on Arthur Avenue cuz there was clicks do you have to get along with everybody and you had to prove that you were tough enough to hang out with the guys in the neighborhood
I can tell you living next to there the food is not what it was years ago the pizza is not what it was years ago the cheese in it is not what it was overrated
I lived in the Bronx since 1943 - I get a kick out of what they never talk about. They are so ethnocentric they have a purposefully narrow view of history. Yes the food was great. Other things - like the threats to your life - not so much.
I grew up here and spent the next 30 years here before i had to leave the area is not as good as it used to be because you have too many people representin
The food is not the same as it was years ago even the pizza has not the same taste as it did it's a shame that this area is right next to Fordham which is really not a good area and the Grand concourse
The smart ones got out a long time ago. We N. Italians didn't immigrate to "discover America" to think the BRONX was it. Stop fooling yourselves there! There's great food, beautiful people, opportunity, better housing all over this big USA. Don't pigeon-hole yet another generation there. And please don't gloss over the real underlying problems there, as this vid does. Me, 188th St & Hughes Ave. Parents owned the whole building across from the park. Mt Carmel, Fordham Prep & zip...
NOW tell me that Italians aren't part Black after looking at that guy.Italians ESPECIALLY from southern Italy,the Mediterranean area, NOT Caucasian!!!-They're closest to Africa.Some will admit it.Most won't.BUT THEY KNOW---
By the mid 90’s, the neighborhood as a whole really wasn’t all that Italian anymore..it was 🇮🇹 through & through to the zoo from the 70’s back, 80’s is when it started to change
