Street Renaming Reflects Italian Heritage in Carroll Gardens

Many local Italians will celebrate Sunday when Court Street between Third and Fourth places is renamed "The Citizen's of Mola di Bari Way."

South Brooklyn was, and still is, home to many people who immigrated from Mola, a small fishing village of approximately 26,000 people in Southern Italy. To celebrate their Carroll Gardens identity, the citizens made plans for the street renaming. In November, Community Board 6 voted to approve it, and in January, so did the City Council.

"As more members of the Mola community immigrated to America modern day Carroll Gardens became the first home for many Molesi in America," wrote John Heyer in a press release about the street renaming.

On the corner of Court Street and Fourth Place is , the gathering place for men from Mola, which last year celebrated its 50th Anniversary.

On Sunday at 3 p.m. join the Citizen's of Mola di Bari, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, Councilmember Brad Lander, Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joe Bruno and Michael Pesce, a native son of the Molesi, a former New York Assemblyman and a current New York State Supreme Court judge in celebrating the rich history of Carroll Gardens.

The traditional Italian Band that plays at the , will play the American and Italian National Anthems.