San Gennaro Feast in New York City

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Italian-American festival annual event cultural festival religious festival street festival

The San Gennaro Feast in New York City is a famous annual Italian-American street festival in Manhattan’s Little Italy, celebrated with religious processions, food vendors, music, and cultural events.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Feast of San Gennaro	6
Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, Manhattan	1
Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, New York City	1
Feast of San Gennaro in New York City	1
San Gennaro Feast in New York City canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1291374 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: San Gennaro Feast in New York City
Context triple: [Italian American, culturalContribution, San Gennaro Feast in New York City]

A. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a major annual celebration of Irish heritage and culture in New York City, featuring marching bands, bagpipers, and community groups proceeding through Manhattan.
B. Puerto Rican Day Parade
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is an annual celebration of Puerto Rican culture and heritage in New York City, featuring vibrant floats, music, and community groups marching through Manhattan.
C. St. Ann’s Italian Festival
St. Ann’s Italian Festival is a long-running Hoboken street festival celebrating Italian-American culture with religious processions, traditional foods, music, and community gatherings.
D. Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival is a long-running, free outdoor performing arts festival in Brooklyn that showcases music, dance, film, and cultural events each summer.
E. Calle Ocho Festival
The Calle Ocho Festival is a massive annual street celebration in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, showcasing Latin American music, food, and culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: San Gennaro Feast in New York City
Target entity description: The San Gennaro Feast in New York City is a famous annual Italian-American street festival in Manhattan’s Little Italy, celebrated with religious processions, food vendors, music, and cultural events.

A. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a major annual celebration of Irish heritage and culture in New York City, featuring marching bands, bagpipers, and community groups proceeding through Manhattan.
B. Puerto Rican Day Parade
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is an annual celebration of Puerto Rican culture and heritage in New York City, featuring vibrant floats, music, and community groups marching through Manhattan.
C. St. Ann’s Italian Festival
St. Ann’s Italian Festival is a long-running Hoboken street festival celebrating Italian-American culture with religious processions, traditional foods, music, and community gatherings.
D. Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival is a long-running, free outdoor performing arts festival in Brooklyn that showcases music, dance, film, and cultural events each summer.
E. Calle Ocho Festival
The Calle Ocho Festival is a massive annual street celebration in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, showcasing Latin American music, food, and culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian-American festival ⓘ annual event ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ street festival ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dedicatedTo	Saint Januarius ⓘ San Gennaro ⓘ linked to: Saint Januarius
ethnicGroupAssociated	Italian Americans ⓘ linked to: Italian American Neapolitan immigrants ⓘ
follows	liturgical feast of Saint Januarius ⓘ
foodServed	cannoli ⓘ pasta dishes ⓘ pizza ⓘ sausage and peppers ⓘ zeppole ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasPart	carnival games ⓘ cooking contests ⓘ cultural performances ⓘ eating contests ⓘ food vendors ⓘ live music ⓘ parades ⓘ religious mass ⓘ religious procession ⓘ street decorations ⓘ street fair ⓘ
inception	1926 ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Little Italy, Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
mainVenue	Mulberry Street ⓘ
notableFor	Italian street food ⓘ Italian-American cultural celebration ⓘ crowded street fair atmosphere ⓘ religious procession of San Gennaro statue ⓘ
occursDuring	September ⓘ
organisedBy	Figli di San Gennaro, Inc. ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significance	celebrates Italian-American heritage in New York City ⓘ honors patron saint of Naples ⓘ
typicalDuration	11 days ⓘ

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