Editing Greenwich Village (section)

===Manhattan's 3rd Little Italy===

Throughout the 1930s, many Italian-Americans starting leaving [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] and moved on the north side of Houston Street and around Bleecker Street and Carmine Street. Many of them being immigrants from [[Naples, Italy|Naples]] and [[Sicily]]. Up until the late 2000s, the village was home to one of the largest Italian speaking communities in the United States.<ref>Berman, Andrew. [https://www.6sqft.com/uncovering-the-sites-of-the-south-villages-secret-little-italy/ "Uncovering the sites of the South Village's secret 'Little Italy'"], 6sqft, October 5, 2017. Accessed January 18, 2024. "But some of the most historically significant sites relating to the Italian-American experience in New York can be found in the Greenwich Village blocks known as the South Village–from the first church in America built specifically for an Italian-American congregation to the cafe where cappuccino was first introduced to the country, to the birthplace of Fiorello LaGuardia, NYC's first Italian-American mayor."</ref>