Historically, coastal cities in the United States have been a haven for immigrants around the world. During waves of massive immigration, many Italians left their homes and sojourned across the Atlantic to New York City. While the northeast of the US is well known for its large immigration population, many Italian immigrants traveled further south and found their new home in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Italian Identity
Italians began immigrating to Baltimore in the late 1800s at President’s Street Station. The earliest Italian immigrants came over from Genoa, arriving in the 1840s and 1850s. Later, an influx of Italians from Naples, Abruzzo, Cefalù, and Palermo began to settle in Baltimore.