Da Gennaro Restaurant, Little Italy, New York, USA (photo)

Da Gennaro Restaurant in Little Italy during the Feast of San Gennaro. Red Hook was one of the first Italian neighborhoods in New York and it was also one of the most important ports in the city and got to have a great business. Al Capone used it as one of their hideouts; he engaged in trafficking in alcohol during the Prohibition. . Some of the scenes of the famous movie " The Godfather" were filmed in Little Italy. (The Feast of San Gennaro originally was once only a one-day religious commemoration. It began in September 1926 with the new arrival of immigrants from Naples. The Italian immigrants congregated along Mulberry Street in Manhattan's Little Italy to celebrate San Gennaro as the Patron Saint of Naples. The Feast of San Gennaro is a large street fair, lasting 11 days, that takes place every September along Mulberry Street between Houston and Canal Streets. The festival is an annual celebration of Italian culture and the Italian-American community. Photographed in 2014