The first New York City neighborhood settled by large numbers of Italian immigrants, most of them from Southern Italy and Sicily, was in East Harlem, which became known as Little Italy. Its population peaked in 1930. Italians also settled in or moved to the outer boroughs. In the early 1900s, Bensonhurst, considered the Little Italy of Brooklyn, was equally divided between Jews and Italians. Read more about a young Italian immigrant who first lived in Brooklyn 100 years ago in Tazia and Gemma (see NOVELS).
