Broome Street credit: Beyond My Ken/Wikimedia; Mott Street credit: Andre Carrotflower/Wikimedia; Pietro credit: Earth Below Girls
One of the city’s smaller neighborhoods, Nolita—short for North of Little Italy—is only 16 or so square blocks. It was considered part of Little Italy until the mid-1990s, when chic boutiques and diverse eateries began to outnumber the old-school bars and red-sauce restaurants that give Little Italy its distinctive flavor.
Nolita intro credit: Caroline in the City
Today Nolita has an ambiance all its own: fashionable but far from pretentious, embracing the new (including the establishment of a “Little Australia” with Antipodean-style cafés) while still cherishing old landmarks and a timeless sense of community.
Nolita credit: Canva
Read on to discover more about Nolita.