dyker/Bensonhurst had the highest population of Italians at one point back in the day. Black and Hispanics were slowing moving into older Italian and Irish neighborhoods in the Bronx and Harlem. But Bensonhurst was a close knit Italian community since the 50s-60s
That is true. I think there were some New Jersey neighborhoods that may have had the highest population also. That could be why the Brooklyn crews were so tight with the Decavalcantes.
During the 90s to present a lot of the Italians from Brooklyn moved to jersey and Staten Island but your right north jersey did have a lot of Italians as well prior to the transition.
Half of newark was divided between black communities and Italian communities going back to the 40s and 50s which sparked the racial riots of the 60s
