Bensonhurst
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 and on the southwest by 86th Street.
- Type: Neighborhood with 60,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States
- Also known as: “Bensonhurst (Brooklyn)”, “Bensonhurst-By-The-Sea”, “Bensonhurst, Brooklyn”, “Bensonhurst, New York City”, “ベンソンハースト (ブルックリン)”, “本森社区/布鲁克林小粵港第一”, “本森社群/布魯克林小香港－廣東第一”, “本森赫斯特”, and “賓遜赫 布魯克林”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basilica of Regina Pacis and 20th Avenue station.
20th Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coney Island and Brighton Beach and Southwest Brooklyn.
Bensonhurst
- Category: locality
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.605° or 40° 36′ 18″ north
Longitude
-73.9934° or 73° 59′ 36″ west
Population
60,000
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87G8J234+XJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Bensonhurst” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بينسونهيرست”
- Asturian: “Bensonhurst”
- Catalan: “Bensonhurst”
- Cebuano: “Bensonhurst”
- Chinese: “宾臣墟”
- Chinese: “本森社区/布鲁克林小香港－廣東第一”
- Chinese: “本森社区”
- Chinese: “本森社群”
- Danish: “Bensonhurst”
- Dutch: “Bensonhurst”
- Finnish: “Bensonhurst”
- French: “Bensonhurst”
- German: “Bensonhurst”
- Greek: “Μπένσονχερστ”
- Hebrew: “בנסונהרסט”
- Irish: “Bensonhurst”
- Italian: “Bensonhurst”
- Japanese: “ベンソンハースト地区”
- Polish: “Bensonhurst”
- Russian: “Бенсонхерст”
- Russian: “Бенсонхёрст”
- Spanish: “Bensonhurst”
- Swedish: “Bensonhurst”
- Turkish: “Bensonhurst”
- Ukrainian: “Бенсонгерст”
- Urdu: “بینسن ہرسٹ، بروکلین”
- Yiddish: “בּענסאנהורסט”
- Yiddish: “בענסנהוירסט”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bath Beach and New Utrecht.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Church of the Holy Spirit and Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst.
Brooklyn: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Coney Island and Brighton Beach and Southwest Brooklyn.
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