Bensonhurst

Saint Finbar Church on 19th Street

Bensonhurst is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of New York City in Brooklyn .

geography

Bensonhurst is bounded by Gravesend to the southeast , Midwood to the east, Borough Park to the north, Dyker Heights to the west and Bath Beach to the southwest.

history

Bensonhurst derives its name from Arthur W. Benson . He was the former president of Brooklyn Gas and began buying farmland from the Polhemus family in 1835.

Demographics

In the early 20th century, the neighborhood was a destination for poor Jewish and Italian immigrants. Until World War II , the split between Jewish and Italian Americans was around 50-50. In the 1950s the demographic composition changed and more southern Italian immigrants came to Bensonhurst. This led to more and more Jews leaving this district. Bensonhurst became Brooklyn's Little Italy. The 18th Avenue is one of the main shopping area and includes many small Italian family businesses that have for several generations of family ownership.

Chinese, Albanians, Arabs, Mexicans and residents of the former Soviet Union have also immigrated since 2000.

The opening of Chinese stores gave the impression of a miniature Chinatown in some streets.

Institutions of education and training

• Colleges and universities
  • Bramson LOCATION College

• schools
  • PS 48 The Mapleton School
  • PS 186 Dr Irving A Gladstone School
  • PS. 101 The Verrazano School
  • PS 205 The Clarion School
  • PS 128 Bensonhurst School
  • IS 96 Seth Low
  • IS 281 Joseph B. Cavallaro
  • IS 227 Edward B. Shallow

High schools:

• John Dewey High School
• New Utrecht High School
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

In art

The following films are playing in Bensonhurst:

• Jungle fever
• The Warriors
• Taking Woodstock

Well-known sons and daughters of Bensonhurst

• Steve Augeri (born 1959), rock singer
• Philip Carlo (1949-2010), journalist
• Irwin Chanin (1891–1988), architect
• Marshall Flaum (1925-2010), documentary filmmaker
• Elliott Gould (born 1938), actor
• Sammy Gravano (* 1945), Cosa Nostra mobster
• Philip Habib (1920-1992), diplomat
• Buddy Hackett (1924-2003), comedian
• Curly Howard (1903-1952), of the Three Stooges
• Moe Howard (1897–1975), of the Three Stooges
• Shemp Howard (1895–1955), of the Three Stooges
• Sandy Koufax (born 1935), Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player
• Herbie Kronowitz (1923-2012), boxer
• Paul Lo Duca (born 1972), baseball player
• Paul Malignaggi (* 1980), boxer
• Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959), actor
• Rhea Perlman (born 1948), actress
• Leah Remini (born 1970), actress
• Steve Schirripa (born 1958), actor The Sopranos
• Tony Sirico (born 1942), actor The Sopranos
• Ray Suarez (* 1957), journalist
• Peter Steele (1962-2010), Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly (* 1968) from the doom metal band Type O Negative
• Barbra Streisand (* 1942), singer and actress
• Elliot Tiber (1935–2016), painter, comedian and author

Organised crime

Some high-ranking gangsters come from Bensonhurst such as: Anthony Casso , Paul Castellano , Mikey DiLeonardo , Anthony Gaggi , Carlo Gambino , John Gambino , Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano , Gregory Scarpa and Carmine Sessa .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brooklyn's Large Estates: What Has Become of the Old Farm Lands of the City of Brooklyn? . Retrieved July 31, 2006.
2. ^ Fernanda Santos: For Italians in Brooklyn, Voices on Streets Have Changed . In: The New York Times , January 6, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009. 
3. ^ Annie Hauck-Lawson: Gastropolis. Columbia University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780231510066 , p. 136. Restricted preview in Google Book Search
4. ^ Jeanine Ramirez: Making Census Of It: As Brooklyn's Chinese-American Population Grows, Some Call For More Services . In: NY1 , June 13, 2011. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 20, 2011.  
5. ↑ Shazia Khan: Making Census Of It: Chinatown No Longer Home To NYC's Largest Chinese Population . In: NY1 , July 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 20, 2011.  

Web links

Commons : Bensonhurst  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• A History of Bensonhurst - A History of the Neighborhood
• Brooklyn's Ethnic Neighborhoods - An ethnic picture of New York

Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′  N , 74 ° 0 ′  W