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..
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!
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.
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....
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.
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!
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 👍🏿
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.
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.
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...:-)
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..
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.
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...
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.)
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'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.
Loved rigolettos and dominicks went to dominicks with my baby when the waiters used to rattle off the menu in italian couldnt speak it that good and fast so i looked around the place and seen a couple haveing chicken parm n stuffed peppers that were a foot high i said ill take what hes haveing what a meal great memory
@@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 !
My father told me don’t be late for dinner again(dinner 5p sharp) the next day I lost track of time playing roller hockey got home late shit kicked out of me. Was never late again. 🇺🇸🇮🇹🤕
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
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 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
Born on 179 an hughes arthur ave section know all the real cats bobby heartburn and charlie off the wall last time there me and boots and baby john we all came off that neighberhood in the 70s miss rigalettos and dominicks the market its been awhile since ive been there patsy p was my moms friends now mostly a tourist attraction no down people anymore not like the old days gary
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...
You can’t be serious. Such an ignorant comment…no one speaks Latin because it is a dead language..unlike all countries of the world Latin is not anyone’s official language…so many Americans are too lazy to learn …Italian in name only
I was born and raised in the Bronx. Arthur Avenue's culture, food and people are the best. But, the city telling people they can no longer enjoy an after dinner robusto with a cup of espresso just pisses me off. Started with Bloomberg cause what did he know about the way Italians end a nice meal after Patsy's, Dominick's or Mario's? Stunods run our government.
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.
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---
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
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
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..
I LOVED Arthur Ave.....Good people, good food....and welcoming even to us honorary Italians!....Hat's off to Arthur Ave.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish more Italians would come back to The Bronx. We have such a strong history here.
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!
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.
Pasquale's Rigoletto > mafia 4 sure !!!
im moving to belmont asap best neighborhood
I made a blue movie once or twice on Arthur Ave back in the 90’s. Great place! 🇮🇹🇺🇸✊
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....
vincent parlante A real New Yorker doesn’t move to some Southwest shithole.
It's my Hood now. I embrace it ❤️. Nice video. I appreciate it. Lovely!
I remember the corner 186 and aruther ave, now I am 102 years old, used to play in the street when I was 9 in 1923
Sal Dimarchese He's joking.
diazjd93 a 102 year old uploading COD videos right lol
@Sal DiMarchese you know what changed. Out side people
Glad to have you still around ❤
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.
Yes it changed somewhat. Its the South Bronx. It wasn't like that years ago.
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!
I'm pretty sure you experienced some form of racism from these people.
daily bread And why are you so sure about that?
@@dailybread1656Facts!!
@@fveccItalians hate blacks
@@dailybread1656why do have to talk about race
Great video.....wow makes me so homesick .
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 👍🏿
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 home town! Love that great place.
Great video, I only wish my mother were alive to see it. Its all about family!
So very true Patricia
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.
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...:-)
I'll be in NY soon. When in NY I always go to Arthur Ave. I'm 70 now but I have been going there since I was in diapers.
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..
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.
I love to try the food. italian food is one of my favorite, and that looks delicious
Gotta love those Italian American girls...The best!!
Trouble is though Dec they always become Fat! Not all I know but most LOL.
Most of them are pain in the ass!!
Yes we italian girls are beautiful. And we can cook.
Look how young Mike the deli guys was....we had the same in Bklyn years ago in Bensonhurst on 18th ave.
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...
Loews paradise, RKO Fordham. Gormans hot dogs, Roosevelt HS, JAN'S ICE CREAM. ETC.
I came for the girl in the thumbnail.
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.)
Preserve Little Italy
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.
That looks like a great place to hang out, i would love to go there if i went to New york
My Dad Grew up in the Bronx and I Think that is my Dad (on the right) back of the truck eating an ice cream cone.
In 2004 me and the wife flew in from L.A. just to eat at Umberto's...GOOD Memories!!!...GREAT FOOD!!!
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.
Howard johnsons was right by the bronx zoo at they had adventures inn with rides and an arcade across from ho jos loved it man
Loved rigolettos and dominicks went to dominicks with my baby when the waiters used to rattle off the menu in italian couldnt speak it that good and fast so i looked around the place and seen a couple haveing chicken parm n stuffed peppers that were a foot high i said ill take what hes haveing what a meal great memory
I MISS the Old Arthur Ave
What changed?
@@Topnotchmvm What changed?...You kiddin' Me!
THE FOOD LOOK's GOOD...
The real littl italy is in the Bronx 👍
So so true, if i showed up to my grandparents house 5 mins late for dinner i heard about it
LITTLE ITALY IN THE BRONX, LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY !!!
ALL THE CURED MEATS,CHEESE,PASTA AND GOOD EATS YOU NEED ( QUI MANGE BENE, VIDE BENE ) !!!
Vide bene? What the fuck’s that? It’s vive bene ya fuckin’ moron! (That’s how they talk on Arthur Avenue!)
@@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 !
I know Ralph S. in this video......how funny is that!!!
Whats that book called
My father told me don’t be late for dinner again(dinner 5p sharp) the next day I lost track of time playing roller hockey got home late shit kicked out of me. Was never late again. 🇺🇸🇮🇹🤕
I will always miss. Palombo.
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
It’s still pretty fantastic. 🇮🇹🇺🇸
Great food, Great ambiance, The REAL Little ITALY!
the real little italy of the bronx the one in manhattan is untouchable mulberry goes HARD
187 🇮🇹🇺🇸💪🏼💯
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
Where you from? Da Bronx…….
@thesuperbag yeah man, Teitel Bros is the best!!!
Does anyone know if the Candy Store on The Same Block as Mt. Carmel Church is still there?
5 years still no answer sheesh
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
That woman in the beginning gorgeous
Italians women are the best. I had my share of good times with a few.
gotta go there to get me some good Italian cheese. nice video
Born on 179 an hughes arthur ave section know all the real cats bobby heartburn and charlie off the wall last time there me and boots and baby john we all came off that neighberhood in the 70s miss rigalettos and dominicks the market its been awhile since ive been there patsy p was my moms friends now mostly a tourist attraction no down people anymore not like the old days gary
It's not like that in 2024 anymore
What changed over there?
@joey mercurio ya we are very similar , the culture are a tad bit close but not that much
My Parents were Born and Raised in Da Bronx as well.
It was once ,gone for ever to bad
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...
Great Italian area… wish so many Italians there knew how to speak Italian. So many there have lost their culture
We speak ENGLISH in America
Do you speak Latin ? Or did you lose that part of your culture?
You can’t be serious. Such an ignorant comment…no one speaks Latin because it is a dead language..unlike all countries of the world Latin is not anyone’s official language…so many Americans are too lazy to learn …Italian in name only
Uncle Junior rollin out the spaghetti
The Bronx, Blacks, Spanish & Italians!
I was born and raised in the Bronx. Arthur Avenue's culture, food and people are the best. But, the city telling people they can no longer enjoy an after dinner robusto with a cup of espresso just pisses me off. Started with Bloomberg cause what did he know about the way Italians end a nice meal after Patsy's, Dominick's or Mario's? Stunods run our government.
Those days are gone shame
i like the hot asian lady at 0:50.
me too
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 know.. It was a little Italian humor. Some do though ;)
the albians have been running arthur ave since the early 90's
Damn... I am hungry now.
Yes u. I love u
I'll take dry pasta over fresh any day. You cook the fresh stuff, you can't get it al dente.
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---
Yeah, they know. But it's not cool to have eggplant lineage, so they disregarded that part of their history.
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
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I'm heading there Sat for the first time. Sad I haven't been there yet. I'm only 2 hours away.
Nice at 0:19...
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
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
Hell's Kitchen,is it real
No they don't.
IAM. Sicilia
HighlanderXTV
Lol
Lot of mob actions killings murderers
Untrue. Maybe in the 1920's.
racist neighborhood, just like howard beach!
Bullshit. IN fact Howard Beach had Black families living there.
@ 🤣🤣 what like two? stop your lies WD 😈
In other words the neighborhood didn't allow black crime