Yorktown Introduces ‘San Gennaro Way’
For the month of September, Commerce Street will be known as Sen Gennaro Way. The renaming of one of Yorktown Heights’ main thoroughfares coincides with the return of the Feast of San Gennaro. The third annual festival celebrating Italian heritage will be held on Commerce Street/San Gennaro Way from Wednesday, Sept. 13, to Sunday, Sept. 17. The hig...
Restaurant offering wood-fire pizza and Italian/American fare to open on Center Blvd early September
A new restaurant serving wood-fire pizza and high-end American-Italian fare is scheduled to open on Center Boulevard in early September. Piatto, which is opening across the street from Hunters Point South Park at 1-50 50th Avenue, will offer Italian favorites—such as Chicken Marsala–but with an American twist. There will be items for vegans and veg...
NYPD mob cop Joe Petrosino: The Italian-American crime fighter who battled the Black Hand
After a time it became just a matter of course for the more established southern Italian hoodlums to walk their newly arrived countrymen to a point near Police Headquarters and point out to them the short, squat, derby-hatted detective, so that in the future they might recognize him on sight and accord him wide berth. Petrosino was his name, Joseph...
Little Italy Seeks to Preserve Traditions
The first Feast of San Gennaro celebrated in New York was held on Sept. 19, 1926, as Italian immigrants from Naples observed the martyrdom of Saint Gennaro, who died on the same date in 305 A.D. Since then, the festival has grown into a massive, 11-day affair. The 91st annual Feast of San Gennaro will be held in Little Italy from Sept. 14 through S...
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Gov. Cuomo defends city's Christopher Columbus statue, says it's about 'honoring Italian-Americans'
The now-controversial Christopher Columbus statue at Columbus Circle should stay put, Gov. Cuomo said Monday. "The Christopher Columbus statue is really about honoring Italian-Americans and the contribution of Italian-Americans," Cuomo told reporters at the West Indian-American Day Parade — arguing it's not so much about the explorer himself, who h...
“Giù le mani da Colombo”, comitato della Camera di Commercio in Usa
“Giù le mani da Colombo” è il nome del comitato promosso dalla Italy America Chamber of Commerce di New York. Nata nel 1887, la più antica Camera di Commercio internazionale al mondo, da sempre vero ponte tra l’Italia e gli Stati Uniti non ci sta alla messa al bando del Navigatore. Il Comitato si fa promotore e capofila delle tante realtà Italiane...
Meet the Queen of San Gennaro
Dorothea LaScala has lived in northern Westchester with husband, William, for more than a half-century. I’ve lived in Yorktown for less than half that time. The LaScalas moved to Yorktown from New York City in 1963. Our family moved here 30 years later. It didn’t take me long to find out why Dottie LaScala is one of the area’s most beloved resident...
The Curious Tale of Williamsburg’s Historic Abate Grotto
At the intersection of Woodpoint Road and Conseylea Street in Williamsburg sits a 20th century curiosity built on a tiny plot of ground with a centuries-old significance in the history of Brooklyn. The Vito Abate grotto at 219 Woodpoint Road was built in the late 1930s as a religious shrine associated with St. Francis of Paola Church, located acros...
Mario Andretti receives IMRRC's Argetsinger Award
A star-studded group of giants in the motorsports industry gathered on Thursday as Mario Andretti was presented with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports by the International Motor Racing Research Center at the Corning Museum of Glass. This was the fourth year the glass trophy has been presented; previous ho...
Italian-American group to quiz candidates about their position on Christopher Columbus monument
The head of an Italian-American group is taking the fight over the city’s Christopher Columbus statue to the ballot box, planning to quiz each candidate in the upcoming election on their position on the monument. Angelo Vivolo, president of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, said his group would survey every candidate for city office in this year’s...
From the Heart: A Treasury of Italian Songs
September 28 (Thursday) 7:00 - 8:30 pm. From the Heart: A Treasury of Italian Songs. Westchester Italian Cultural Center. One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY A one-hour video presentation featuring a collection of some of the most beautiful and beloved songs including O Sole Mio, Torna a Surriento, Mattinata, Core'ngrato from movie and television...