USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Now, the original Little Italy is part of Chinatown, which thrives as an ethnic enclave. Very few ethnic Italians are left; it is more than anything a tourist trap designed as a stereotypical Italian neighbourhood. The vast majority of residents are not Italian.

Detailed explanation-2: -Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.

Detailed explanation-3: -There have been examples throughout US history of ethnic enclaves, including Cubans in Miami, New York’s Chinatown, Japanese and Korean enclaves in California, and Jewish communities in Manhattan. There are also immigrant enclaves across the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Little Italy (also Italian: Piccola Italia) is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, known for its large Italian population. It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho, on the south by Chinatown, on the east by the Bowery and Lower East Side, and on the north by Nolita.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rough and Humble Beginnings. Little Italy initially began to take shape when the first wave of Italian immigrants arrived in the 1840s in the neighborhood of Five Points. Five Points was an overpopulated, disease-and crime-ridden area notorious for its tenement buildings and lawlessness.