Among the parades is the 8th Annual Disability Pride Parade on Sunday scheduled to take over several Manhattan streets. In addition to parades and runs spanning several blocks, there will also be relatively smaller events such as the Hell's Kitchen Fall Fair, which is scheduled to shut down a section of 8th Avenue. As noted in an advisory from the NYPD, the closures will be at the discretion of police.
Among the Italian enclaves that were established across the U.S. at the beginning of the 20th century, Manhattan's Little Italy on Mulberry Street is arguably the most well-known. Yet it's far from the only neighborhood where Italian immigrants defined the commerce, culture, and spirit of the area. The Italian immigrants who poured into the U.S. from Sicily, Naples, Calabria, and beyond profoundly shaped America's food history and cuisine,