Bensonhurst: Italian and Chinese Brooklyn
Bensonhurst occupies a stretch of southwestern Brooklyn between Dyker Heights to the west and Gravesend to the east. Population is around 60,000 within the core. The neighborhood takes its name from the Benson family, whose farm covered the area in the 19th century. After the subway arrived in 1916, rowhouses and low apartment buildings replaced the farms quickly.
For most of the 20th century Bensonhurst held one of the largest Italian American communities in the United States. 18th Avenue (Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard) and 86th Street became known for Italian bakeries, pizzerias, social clubs, and the Feast of Santa Rosalia, an annual street festival. The neighborhood served as the filming location for Saturday Night Fever (1977) and parts of The Honeymooners.
Chinese migration from the 1990s forward has reshaped the commercial core along 86th Street, where Chinese supermarkets, restaurants, and bakeries now operate alongside the remaining Italian businesses. The D and N trains run along 86th Street and New Utrecht Avenue through the neighborhood.
Escortservice.com operates a directory of escort websites covering Bensonhurst and the rest of Brooklyn. The platform does not book services, verify any license, or act as an intermediary. Users must be at least 21.
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Bensonhurst occupies a stretch of southwestern Brooklyn between Dyker Heights to the west and Gravesend to the east. Population is around 60,000 within the core. The neighborhood takes its name from the Benson family, whose farm covered the area in the 19th century. After the subway arrived in 1916, rowhouses and low apartment buildings replaced the farms quickly.
For most of the 20th century Bensonhurst held one of the largest Italian American communities in the United States. 18th Avenue (Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard) and 86th Street became known for Italian bakeries, pizzerias, social clubs, and the Feast of Santa Rosalia, an annual street festival. The neighborhood served as the filming location for Saturday Night Fever (1977) and parts of The Honeymooners.
Chinese migration from the 1990s forward has reshaped the commercial core along 86th Street, where Chinese supermarkets, restaurants, and bakeries now operate alongside the remaining Italian businesses. The D and N trains run along 86th Street and New Utrecht Avenue through the neighborhood.
Escortservice.com operates a directory of escort websites covering Bensonhurst and the rest of Brooklyn. The platform does not book services, verify any license, or act as an intermediary. Users must be at least 21.
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