Bensonhurst, New York
| Bensonhurst | |
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| Neighborhood of Brooklyn | |
Bay Parkway
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| Etymology: Egbert Benson | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| City | New York |
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 151,657 |
Coordinates: 40°36′12″N 74°0′7″W / 40.60333°N 74.00194°W
Bensonhurst is a large, multiethnic neighborhood in the southwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the United States. As defined by the New York City Planning Commission, the neighborhood's borders are "14th Avenue to the northwest, 61st Street and MacDonald Avenue to the northeast, Avenue U and 26th Avenue to the southeast and Gravesend Bay to the southwest."
It is well known as a Little Italy of Brooklyn due to its large Italian-American population.
Bensonhurst also has the largest population of residents born in China of any neighborhood in New York City and is now home to Brooklyn's second Chinatown. The neighborhood accounts for 9.5% of the 330,000 Chinese-born residents of the city, based on data from 2007–2011.
Bensonhurst derives its name from Egbert Benson (1789–1866), whose lands were sold by his children and grandchildren to James D. Lynch, a New York real estate developer. Lynch bought the old farmlands of the Benson family in the mid-1880s, and by 1888, began selling private lots in an area dubbed as Bensonhurst-by-the-Sea, current neighborhood of Bath Beach. The first sale of lands in "The New Seaside Resort" area was advertised in July 24, 1888 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Bensonhurst has a population of over 151,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 United States Census.
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