There was also a small "little italy" on 1st avenue between 14th street and 8th street. Veniero's, DeRoberts and Lanza's are located there. Luciano was raised in the neighborhood (10th street) and the mob supposedly operated a bar called LuLu's there. Gambinos also operated out of DeRoberts. I don't know if it could be classified as a "little italy" but it was a heavily italian downtown section and was not attached to the mulberry little italy or the greenwich village section.

Would love to see a map with all the historical crews and there old haunts mapped out. Gigantes old social club is an upscale tea shop now.