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Bensonhurst is located in south-central Brooklyn, New York. I visited the neighborhood on Easter weekend during my trip to NYC. Southern Brooklyn has a large Italian-American presence and Bensonhurst is one of the best known Italian ethnic neighborhoods in the United States and is considered to be Brooklyn’s Little Italy. Unlike Manhattan’s Little Italy (which is just a street), Italian-Americans still live in the neighborhood, and even the main avenue with all the stores is nowhere as touristy as Mulberry Street. Furthermore, I read that Bensonhurst has the largest number of Italian speakers in the U.S. While there is also a substantial Asian-American and Russian presence this thread focuses on the Italian character of the neighborhood which interested me most.
In addition, I’ll present photos of Dyker Heights: that’s a much wealthier (primarily residential) neighborhood with a strong Italian American influence.
Starting with Bensonhurst:
18th Avenue is the neighborhood’s main street and is lined with shops, restaurants, social clubs etc. The sidewalks were full with shoppers on the Saturday morning I took the photographs:
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Alkmaar is a city with a population of 93,000 located 40km northwest of Amsterdam in the province of Noord Holland. It is famous for its cheesemarket (which I missed by a week) and within the Netherlands this city is well-known as the first city to repel the occupying Spanish troops in the 16th century.
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Haarlem is a beautiful city of 120.000 just 20km west of Amsterdam. The city is one of the oldest in the Netherlands and its origins date back to the 10th century.
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