Today
Some Italian vestiges remain in the neighborhood, including a barber shop, a bakery, Patsy's Pizzeria and Rao's restaurant. Most of the Italian American population have long since left and moved to the Bronx, Brooklyn, upstate New York and New Jersey, however, a few have remained. Most of these predominantly older residents are clustered around Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, mainly from 114th to 118th Streets. According to the 2000 Census, there were only 1,130 Italian-Americans still living in this area.
In May 2011, one of the last remaining Italian retail businesses in the neighborhood, a barbershop owned by Claudio Caponigro on 116th Street, was threatened with closure by a rent increase.
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