Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Bensonhurst
Bensonhurst
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
	Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst
	Etymology: Egbert Benson
	Location in New York City
	Coordinates: 40°36′11″N 74°00′07″W / 40.603°N 74.002°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Community District	Brooklyn 11
Area
• Total	7.6 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	104,934
• Density	14,000/km2 (36,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Asian	43.9%
• White	34.8%
• Hispanic	17.2%
• Black	1.0%
• Other	2.5%
Economics
• Median income	$51,667
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	11204, 11214
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Website	www.bensonhurst.nyc

Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th Street, on the southeast by Avenue P and 22nd Avenue (Bay Parkway) and on the southwest by 86th Street. It is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Dyker Heights to the northwest, Borough Park and Mapleton to the northeast, Bath Beach to the southwest, and Gravesend to the southeast.

Bensonhurst contains several major ethnic enclaves. Traditionally, it is known as a Little Italy of Brooklyn.^[4] Bensonhurst today is now home to Brooklyn's second Chinatown and has the largest population of residents born in China and Hong Kong of any neighborhood in New York City.^[5] The neighborhood accounts for 9.5% of the 330,000 Chinese-born residents of the city, based on data from 2007 to 2011.^[6]

Bensonhurst is part of Brooklyn Community District 11, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11204 and 11214.^[1] It is patrolled by the 62nd Precinct of the New York City Police Department.^[7] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 38th, 43rd, and 47th Districts.^[8]

^ ^a ^b 10, 2022 "NYC Planning | Population Fact Finder". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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^ Holter, Lauren. "City Living: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn's Little Italy, is now teeming with diversity" Archived August 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, AM New York, February 11, 2015. Accessed August 21, 2016. "The neighborhood's Italian roots are still visible in the many eateries and specialty shops nestled along the tree-lined streets of Brooklyn's Little Italy, including Lenny's Pizza, made famous by its cameo in the opening scene of Saturday Night Fever. However, an influx of Chinese, Russian, Mexican and Middle Eastern immigrants has diversified the area for a few decades."
^ Robbins, Liz. "With an Influx of Newcomers, Little Chinatowns Dot a Changing Brooklyn" Archived October 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, April 15, 2015. Accessed August 26, 2016. "As the sidewalks on Eighth Avenue overflow with new arrivals in Sunset Park, Brooklyn's first Chinatown, and grocery stores proliferate along 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn's second Chinatown, immigrants have been pushing southeast toward the ocean. ... Bensonhurst has the largest number of Chinese-born residents of any neighborhood in the city, with 31,658, narrowly edging the populations in Flushing, Queens, and Sunset Park, according to a 2013 city report that offered the most recent data on immigrant New Yorkers."
^ "The Newest New Yorkers; Characteristics of the City's Foreign-born Population", p. 69. New York City Department of City Planning, December 2013. Accessed August 26, 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 62nd Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Current City Council Districts for Kings County Archived January 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.

[NYCPlanning-1] 10, 2022 "NYC Planning | Population Fact Finder". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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[4] Holter, Lauren. "City Living: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn's Little Italy, is now teeming with diversity" Archived August 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, AM New York, February 11, 2015. Accessed August 21, 2016. "The neighborhood's Italian roots are still visible in the many eateries and specialty shops nestled along the tree-lined streets of Brooklyn's Little Italy, including Lenny's Pizza, made famous by its cameo in the opening scene of Saturday Night Fever. However, an influx of Chinese, Russian, Mexican and Middle Eastern immigrants has diversified the area for a few decades."

[5] Robbins, Liz. "With an Influx of Newcomers, Little Chinatowns Dot a Changing Brooklyn" Archived October 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, April 15, 2015. Accessed August 26, 2016. "As the sidewalks on Eighth Avenue overflow with new arrivals in Sunset Park, Brooklyn's first Chinatown, and grocery stores proliferate along 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn's second Chinatown, immigrants have been pushing southeast toward the ocean. ... Bensonhurst has the largest number of Chinese-born residents of any neighborhood in the city, with 31,658, narrowly edging the populations in Flushing, Queens, and Sunset Park, according to a 2013 city report that offered the most recent data on immigrant New Yorkers."

[6] "The Newest New Yorkers; Characteristics of the City's Foreign-born Population", p. 69. New York City Department of City Planning, December 2013. Accessed August 26, 2016.

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[8] Current City Council Districts for Kings County Archived January 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.

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