Much of the neighborhood has been absorbed and engulfed by Chinatown,
as immigrants from China moved to the area. What was once Little Italy
has essentially shrunk into a single street which serves as a restaurant
area and maintains some Italian residents. The northern reaches of
Little Italy, near Houston Street, ceased to be recognizably Italian, and eventually became the neighborhood known today as NoLIta, an abbreviation for North of Little Italy. Today, the section of Mulberry Street between Broome and Canal
Streets is all that is left of the old Italian neighborhood. The street
is lined with some two-dozen Italian restaurants popular with tourists
and locals. Unlike Chinatown, which continues to expand in all
directions with newer Chinese immigrants, little remains of the original
Little Italy.
Italian culture and heritage website ItalianAware called the
dominance of Italians in the area, "relatively short lived." It
attributes this to the quick financial prosperity many Italians
achieved, which afforded them the opportunity to leave the cramped
neighborhood for areas in Brooklyn and Queens. The site also goes on to
state that the area is currently referred to as Little Italy more out of
respect and nostalgia than as a reflection of true ethnic population.
In 2010, Little Italy and Chinatown were listed in a single historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
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