Members of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn and guests celebrated Italian heritage on Oct. 13 at the members-only club Tiro a Segno, one of the oldest Italian heritage organizations in the United States. Tiro a Segno, at 77 MacDougal St. in Greenwich Village, translates to “fire at the target,” or simply “shooting range.”
It was founded in 1888 as a sportsmen’s club, where members indulged in their hunting hobby at a private preserve on Staten Island. The club turned over the preserve during World War I and relocated to its current MacDougal Street outpost in the 1920s. Over the decades, the club evolved into a center of Italian-American social and cultural life, providing a gathering place for generations of members.
