Goooooal for Italia … or so they’re hoping on 18th Avenue
Eye On Real Estate: Bensonhurst merchants seek to cash in on World Cup fever
World Cup fever is a good thing. Just ask 18th Avenue merchant Raffaele Naso.
“If Italy does well, I’ll sell them all,” said the co-owner of S.A.S. Italian Records, pointing to soccer shirts, jackets, hats and pennants that fill the store.
Need a souvenir soccer ball? He’s got them. Need an Italian flag to hang outside your house so everyone in the neighborhood knows your team allegiance? He’s got those too.