The Times files an interesting report on the rise and fall of the city's tight-knit Italian enclaves, particularly in Brooklyn, where old age and relocation have enabled other ethnic groups to creep in on historically Italian turf. But there are a few strongholds left: "Neighborhoods like Ridgewood and Middle Village in Queens; Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and Bath Beach in Brooklyn; the South Shore of Staten Island; and Throgs Neck in the Bronx. They are New York’s last remaining bastions of first-generation Italian immigrants." [NYT]
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