Belmont neighborhood

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Belmont neighborhood is a predominantly Italian-American residential and commercial area in the central Bronx, New York City, known for its “Little Italy” along Arthur Avenue.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Belmont neighborhood canonical 2
Concourse neighborhood 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial district
ethnic enclave
neighborhood
residential area
adjacentTo Bronx Zoo
Fordham neighborhood
New York Botanical Garden
associatedWith Arthur Avenue
Bronx Little Italy tourism
borough Bronx
linked to: The Bronx
contains Arthur Avenue Retail Market
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Bronx)
Port Morris Branch rail cut (nearby infrastructure)
country United States
currentUse mixed residential and commercial
demographicTrend declining but significant Italian-American presence
increasing Latino population
ethnicGroup Italian Americans
linked to: Italian American
hasCulturalFeature Catholic religious processions
Italian street festivals
hasEconomicActivity restaurant industry
retail food trade
specialty food import businesses
hasInstitution Fordham University (nearby Rose Hill campus)
linked to: Fordham University
hasLandUse ground-floor retail with apartments above
low- to mid-rise housing
hasMainCommercialStreet Arthur Avenue
historicalEthnicComposition predominantly Italian-American
knownFor Arthur Avenue Little Italy
linked to: Arthur Avenue

Italian bakeries
Italian delicatessens
Italian restaurants
Italian-American community
food markets
locatedIn Bronx
linked to: The Bronx

New York City
New York State
United States
central Bronx
linked to: Central Bronx
nickname Little Italy of the Bronx
partOf the Bronx’s Little Italy
state New York
transportation near Fordham station (Metro-North Railroad)
served by New York City buses
urbanType inner-city neighborhood
zoning primarily residential with commercial corridors

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bronx Park adjacentTo Belmont neighborhood
FDNY Ladder Company 49 servesArea Concourse neighborhood
linked to: Belmont neighborhood
Arthur Avenue commercial district locatedIn Belmont neighborhood