This Little Italy area spans the distance between Belmont Shore and Long Beach Marina. While it's almost an island, there are bridges connecting it to the mainland. To get to Naples from downtown ...

Take a guess on the price tag of the record holder. Hint: it was a sprawling compound on a bluff in Belmont Heights.

Shrinking oil revenues and a questionable future for federal disaster aid have prompted Long Beach officials to halt reconstruction on an aging seawall that shields the Naples Island community.

Two facts are facing neighbors in Long Beach’s Naples island: Its 86 year old seawall needs $125 million in repairs, and the city doesn’t have the money to do it now. “There is a whole lot ...