Originally Posted by southshorekid
I don’t know much about the Profacis. But between Colavita olive oil, Roma foods, and the SI/Central Jersey real estate it seems like they knew how to print money. I was thinking about something my grandfather once told me about Sam the Plumber and googled and found that article. Not for nothing though, that was the sixties and they were a few steps ahead with the real estate. South Brooklyn Italians moved to SI in the 80s and 90s. SI Italians have been moving to Central Jersey from the 90s through today. If you live in Bensonhurst you obviously know all that. But it’s a trip reading some people posting on here thinking Bay Ridge still looks like Saturday Night Fever haha. The mob tourists better learn Mandarin if they ever plan on visiting South Brooklyn.


Correct. Those neighborhoods held out a lot longer than others in NYC, but today they're shot. Another reason why the last holdouts left for S.I., NJ, etc.