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  Bensonhurst, Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bensonhurst Embankment is a common walkplace in (Bensonhurst)
Many in Bensonhurst, the larger Italian American community, argue that this is a false stereotype, citing the fact that Italian-American religious, political and community leaders in Bensonhurst, as well as the vast majority of community residents, condemned the murder and desired to see the perpetrators jailed for their crime.
Bensonhurst was the setting for "The Honeymooners" series, featuring actor/comedian Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, a bus driver in Brooklyn during the 1950s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bensonhurst   (892 words)

  
 Bay Ridge, Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bensonhurst was named after the Benson family who had land in the region.
New groups are making Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst their place of busi-ness as well as their residence, adding new culture and ideas to the future history of the community The old town of New Utrecht has become home to all.
In a strange quirk of history, and in typical Brooklyn fashion, 2 British soldiers were caught stealing watermelons from a field at the Red Lion Inn at 39th street in Sunset Park.
www.bayridge.com /community/history.htm   (5176 words)

  
 Bensonhurst Brooklyn NY - Jeff Grandis - Assoc Real Estate Broker
Bensonhurst has always been associated with an Italian tradition although Bensonhurst Brooklyn New York has been home to families of many different ethnicities.
Bensonhurst Brooklyn New York residential Real Estate consists of many two and three family homes as well as two, to six story properties.
However for the most part Bensonhurst Brooklyn New York houses are one and two family semi-attached brick and stucco homes.
www.jeffgrandis.com /n-bensonhurst.php   (235 words)

  
 Bensonhurst COJO
The Bensonhurst Council of Jewish Organizations (Bensonhurst COJO) established over fifty years ago, is one of the oldest Jewish Community Councils in the New York Metropolitan area.
Bensonhurst COJO is the major community-relations advocate for the Bensonhurst Jewish Community.
Bensonhurst COJO is a member organization of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and UJA- Federation NY.
www.bencojo.org   (271 words)

  
 Bensonhurst, Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Borough Park, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach form one undistinguished neighborhood stretching from the southern tip of Greenwood Cemetery down to Gravesend Bay.
Bensonhurst today is inhabited mainly by Jewish and Italian families; a few of the latter cultivate small truck farms.
For clarification and limited exceptions, see the Brooklyn Net copyright page.
www.brooklyn.net /neighborhoods/bensonhurst.html   (208 words)

  
 W:\12gauge\2000\col_brooklyn.html
Perhaps I felt that Brooklyn was "uncool" and I would rather live near what I thought was the heartbeat of the city, Alphabet City.
I’ve worked at a local Brooklyn paper for several years, where I’ve learned the ins and outs of this sprawling borough and what community activists are great to contact -- and those you should avoid (e.g.
It’s been a crash course in Brooklyn history and more than enough to give me thorough knowledge of the borough even though I wasn't born here.
www.12gauge.com /col_brooklyn4-2000.html   (788 words)

  
 Brooklyn Record
Sail Brooklyn, a local boating blog, discovered a beat-up "20-something footer" on Plumb Beach, which is located about a mile east of Sheephead Bay and is accessible from a parking area along the eastbound lane of the Belt Parkway.
Trendy Williamsburg may be the best-known, but the Brooklyn neighborhoods through which the L cuts a swath have all grown dramatically in popularity — and diversity.
There will be a demonstration tonight at 6:30 PM at the intersection of Van Brunt and Wolcott Streets, where Janett Ramos of Sunset Park was struck and killed by a vehicle on July 6 as she crossed the street.
www.brooklynrecord.com   (5534 words)

  
 lightningfield.com / 2005.01.21 Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
There was nothing like Brooklyn in those days, I had over 150 friends within a 20 block radius, mostly Italians and Jews and a few Irish, every block had it’s own softball team 72nd street was playing West 11th in the tar field and 76th st. was playing 71stst.
That used to be one of the highlites of Bensonhurst.
I lived in Bensonhurst througout the 80's and 90's and then moved to Florida in 1997(which is where I am now) I will always hold B'hurst close to my heart.
www.lightningfield.com /2005/01/2113_bensonhurst_brooklyn.html   (12237 words)

  
 Rent-Direct.com: NY Apartment Brooklyn apartments Bensonhurst, New Utrecht, Bath Beach
Bensonhurst natives consider their neighborhood the true "Little Italy" of New York City.
From its beginnings to the present, Bensonhurst has always been a haven for middle class families with strong roots.
Bensonhurst, New Utrecht, Bath Beach: Many New Yorkers think this is the only place to raise children.
www.rent-direct.com /Brooklyn_Apartments/bensonhurst-new-utrecht.html   (686 words)

  
 Bensonhurst Apartments for rent Bensonhurst apartment rentals, Bensonhurst furnished apartments to rent.
Bensonhurst Apartments for rent Bensonhurst apartment rentals, Bensonhurst furnished apartments to rent.
About Us Sublet.com is a Bensonhurst apartment rental website that advertises Bensonhurst apartments, Bensonhurst roommates, Bensonhurst houses for rent Bensonhurst sublets and subleases.
Bensonhurst housing rentals, apartments, roommates, houses, tenants and landlords have not been verified or evaluated.
www.sublet.com /area_rentals/NewYork/Bensonhurst_Rentals.asp   (69 words)

  
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Bensonhurst is located in Brooklyn county, New York.Send your Grandmother flowers on her special day in Bensonhurst, NY to say Happy Birthday.
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www.florals.com /active/start/deliver/brooklyn-ny/Bensonhurst.html   (260 words)

  
 Satan's Laundromat: 86th Street, Bensonhurst
Posted by: katie at June 29, 2004 10:25 AM ayy katie how u doin, bensonhurst nd gravesend are 2 areas that your a lookin for, great old time feel to em, in the last few months even alot of italian immigrants have started buyin out some once chinese homes so the neighborhoods are even better.
Posted by: mica at January 31, 2005 11:22 AM hey.i was planning on visiting bensonhurst this summer because it was italian.are there still alot of kids like 18-20 there?cause this russian guy here is makin it sound like they all left.
Brooklyn used to be the best burough until the 80's when that fucking reagan guy made a deal with the soviet Unoion to let some russian be with there family even though thay came here and was trying to run thing's.
www.satanslaundromat.com /sl/archives/000153.html   (11153 words)

  
 Brooklyn speed dating, social and singles events
The Brooklyn dating scene can be rough and we know how hard being single in Brooklyn can be.
There are a lot of great Brooklyn single people out there waiting to find a date with you.
We have also had events in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn and would be open to have events in Bensonhurst Brooklyn, Carol Gardens Brooklyn.
www.weekenddating.com /brooklyn.html   (193 words)

  
 Bensonhurst Family Dentist
Family Dentist In Bensonhurst New York and the surrounding Brooklyn - Bay Ridge - Park Slope - Staten Island NY areas.
Bensonhurst, Park Slope and Staten Island NY Area at Gary Herskovits DDS.
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www.dentistsdentalteeth.info /directory/bensonhurst-family-dentist.html   (366 words)

  
 New York City District 44
While the area is home to a growing Pakistani population, Italians in Bensonhurst and a smattering of other groups, the observant Jewish communities of Midwood and Borough Park dominate the district.
Bob Miller, 51, a lawyer with a long record of free legal advice for community groups, is making his second bid for the seat he narrowly lost 10 years ago in Dear's closest reelection challenge.
Such juxtapositions are a way of life for a district that includes the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens; mid dle-class African-American communities near Prospect Park; immigrant communities from Haiti, Sierra Leon, Nigeria, and Trinidad, and in Crown Heights, a mix of Hasidic Jews and African-Americans.
www.gothamgazette.com /searchlight2001/dist44.html   (4053 words)

  
 My Brooklyn (98)
I thank God every day that Brooklyn was a part of my life.
I live in Florida now but my Brooklyn is my life; there's just too many memories.
My Brooklyn is in Bensonhurst on 17th Ave., just off 86th Street.
www.brooklyn.net /my_bklyn/my_bklyn_098.html   (617 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Brooklyn Noir: Books: Tim McLoughlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In McLoughlin's entertaining if uneven anthology of 19 brand new hard-boiled and twisted tales, each set in a different Brooklyn neighborhood, the best way to get to know New York City's most diverse borough is either to be dead or to cause someone else to assume that state in as grisly a manner as possible.
The seedy setting of Brooklyn is so effective and so masterfully crafted that someone like me with little background in either crime fiction or Brooklyn can't help but wonder if noir itself would even be possible in another city.
Though each writer makes the city his or her own, they all give the impression that Brooklyn is noir, and vice versa; the two cannot be disjoined.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1888451580?v=glance   (1872 words)

  
 Housing Boom Echoes in All Corners of the City - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
From Bensonhurst to Morrisania to Flushing, new homes are going up faster now than they have in more than 30 years.
Throughout Brooklyn, in areas where single- and two-family homes have dominated for generations, six-story buildings are rising on every other block along some stretches, and their apartments are quickly being sold, often to first-time buyers.
In East New York, Brooklyn, once known for its crack trade and killings, single-family homes are rising for the first time in a generation.
www.nytimes.com /2005/08/04/nyregion/04housing.html?ei=5090&en=841857e059e6a8fd&ex=1280808000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all   (2119 words)

  
 Community Gazettes - District 43   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
On a sultry afternoon in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, earlier this month, sweaty people trudged down a sun-baked stretch of 18th Avenue while an electric guitar squealed from a car stereo.
Recchia argued that overzealous ticket-writing is a problem all over the city, but added that Bensonhurst and neighboring Bay Ridge received more parking violations than all but a handful of neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
Bensonhurst is also the neighborhood where Onofrio Avvinti, a 61-year-old Sicilian immigrant, suffered a fatal heart attack in April, minutes after receiving a $115 ticket for double-parking.
www.gothamgazette.com /community/43/news/578   (537 words)

  
 Bensonhurst Personal Injury Lawyer- Free Legal Services in Brooklyn, NY
A nationally-recognized personal injury law firm, Weitz and Luxenberg is committed to helping clients win cases, get the compensation to which they’re entitled and get on with their lives.
If you need a lawyer for your New York personal injury, accident, drug and medical device, or environmental lawsuit, go with the hometown advantage.
The Lawyers and Attorneys at Weitz and Luxenberg know the people of Bensonhurst, and residents of Brooklyn have relied on our legal expertise since 1986.
www.weitzlux.com /legalservices/bensonhurst/brooklyn_29125.html   (461 words)

  
 BrooklynParrots.com: A Web Site About the Wild Parrots of Brooklyn: April 2005
A correspondent and parrot-watcher from Brooklyn has made what I believe is the first available photographic documentation of a wild parrot nest in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood.
The Bensonhurst nest is about four and one-half miles to the south of the Brooklyn College colony.
One parrot on the Brooklyn College campus toys with the soccer net, as another one lectures him on the finer points of foraging.
www.brooklynparrots.com /2005_04_01_archive.html   (1237 words)

  
 Bensonhurst - Wired New York Forum
There are actually much higher concentrations of Italians just to the west of Bensonhurst, in a neighborhood called Dyker Heights.
This is the most Italian neighborhood left in Brooklyn.
Bath Beach, directly to the south of Bensonhurst, also has a larger population of Italians than Bensonhurst.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=27672   (700 words)

  
 Brooklyn Grandparents' Coalition
The program is based in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, but grandparents from anywhere in the borough are welcome to attend.
The Outreach Project of Greenpoint, Brooklyn is a trilingual outpatient treatment program serving those with problems with drugs or alcohol, as well as the family members of those struggling with addiciton.
The Brooklyn Grandparents' Coalition is an active participant in the Task Force.
www.brooklyngrandparentscoalition.org /coalition.htm   (659 words)

  
 Bensonhurst,Bensonhurst Business Club,Russian Business Club,Brooklyn Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bensonhurst Business Club mission is to serve as a platform where the small businesses of the Brooklyn Russian American Community can come in an effort to improve their business prowess, raise their concerns, obtain advice and networking with other businessmen.
As a non-profit educational organization, Bensonhurst Business Club relies on the support of its membership, and to continue to networking business people from different area via radio, internet and television.
As a member of Bensonhurst Business Club you will meet networkers from a wide range of occupations: Financial, Health Providers, Industry, Automobile, Building, Business Services, Food and beverage industry, Marketing, Media, Tourism, etc.
www.bensonhurstbc.com   (340 words)

  
 NYCDOT - Bridge Reconstruction Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The 20th Avenue Bridge is an arch barrel bridge originally constructed in 1912-1913 between 63rd and 64th Streets in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn.
Construction of the Lincoln Road Bridge project in Brooklyn began in September 2004 with exploratory work for the replacement of an existing 48" trunk water main.
Inspection of the existing trunk water main revealed that it is in good condition and that there is no need to upgrade or replace the existing trunk water main.
www.nyc.gov /html/dot/html/motorist/reconstruction.html   (2224 words)

  
 Jerome Krase
It was composed immediately after the slaying of a fl teenager in a predominately first and second gener­ation working-class Italian-American section of Bensonhurst, Brook­lyn.
He assumed that a ride on the “N” subway train to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, USA would not stop in Soweto, South Afrika.
In fact, one local source interviewed about the murder of Yusef Hawkins last week in Bensonhurst cited anger about affirmative action policies which residents believe have taken away job opportunities for neigh­borhood youths as a major reason for the hostility that led up to the killing.
www.geocities.com /enza003/Via/ViaVol5_2Krase.htm   (3547 words)

  
 A Chilling Tale - NW-1001WTCEXC - MSNBC.com
A Brooklyn boy predicted the World Trade Center attacks.
New Utrecht High School in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, is a wonderful melting pot.
Bensonhurst has changed immeasurably since the days of fl versus white racial confrontation in the 1980s.
msnbc.msn.com /id/3067562   (1068 words)

  
 National Brokerage
We have been in existence since 1969 under the ownership of John Ferretti, my father, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
We are affiliated with Two Multiple Listing Services, the Brooklyn New York MLS and the Pennsylvania MLS that provide the utmost selection and the highest visibility.
If you are selling, you will be impressed with our extremely high close ratio and take confidence in knowing that your property will be sold.
www.nationalbrokerage.com   (195 words)

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