The Bronx’s Little Italy has six blocks of continuous awning canopy and storefronts that have been sweeping their sidewalks for 100 years. Three picks for the most under-walked food street in NYC.
Arthur Avenue is the Bronx’s Little Italy — six blocks of pre-war storefronts that all push their awnings out to the property line. From Crescent to 187th, the awning canopy is functionally continuous. The Arthur Avenue Retail Market is a covered indoor block by itself.
These picks string the market with the surrounding blocks. We route you north up Crescent for the residential canopy after lunch — the avenue itself heats up after the lunch crowd thins.
North on Arthur — full awning canopy. Mike’s is inside the covered market.
East on 187th. Building shadow + awning combo to the cheese counter.
East from Fordham Plaza, the new tree planters cover most of the way; the zoo perimeter wall takes the last block.
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