page_title: Italians in Syracuse, New York
section_title: Language barriers
hierarchical_section_title: Italians in Syracuse, New York / History / Language barriers
caption_attribution_description: English: James Lanzetta - Italian Interpreter and Exchange Banker - 104 East Laurel Avenue, Syracuse, New York
context_page_description: The Italians in Syracuse, New York number nearly 22,000 and are concentrated around the Little Italy of Syracuse, and the Northside of the city. Italian immigrants first settled in the area of Syracuse, New York beginning in 1883, after working on construction of the West Shore Railroad, that reached from New York City to Buffalo, New York. In Syracuse, they created an Italian-American community made up of immigrants from several regions of Italy and their descendants.
  By 2010, demographics showed that 14.1% of the population in Syracuse was of Italian descent. Many had also settled in Lyncourt, New York, a suburb on the northside of the city.
context_section_description: Because of difficulties learning a new language, most immigrants lived in ethnic "colonies" and worked in large gangs under "bosses" of their own nationality. The earliest Italian immigrants were illiterate.
caption: James Lanzetta - Italian Interpreter and Exchange Banker - 104 East Laurel Street, Syracuse, New York, Syracuse City Directory 1908
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