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Bensonhurst

Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the borough of . 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.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 60,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States
  • Also known as: “Bensonhurst-By-The-Sea”, “Bensonhurst, Brooklyn”, and “Bensonhurst, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calvert Vaux Park and Basilica of Regina Pacis.

Park
is an 85.53-acre public park in , in . Created in 1934, it is composed of several disconnected sections along the Belt Parkway between Bay 44th and Bay 49th Streets.

Church
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The is a Catholic located in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

Golf course
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The is a public park and a municipal, 18-hole, championship golf course in the southernmost part of , , in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coney Island and Brighton Beach and Southwest Brooklyn.

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are in . In addition to those two neighborhoods, this article covers Manhattan Beach, Gravesend, and Sheepshead Bay.

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is a part of , that encompasses the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Kensington, Parkville, and Sunset Park.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of , in . The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, to the southwest, to the west, and to the northeast, Flatbush to the east, and to the southeast.

Bensonhurst

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
node 158842043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5108815
Wiki­data ID
Q818193
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Satellite Map

Discover Bensonhurst from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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/布鲁克林小粵港第一”
  • 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/布魯克林小香港－廣東第一”
  • Chinese: “本森社群”
  • Chinese: “本森赫斯特”
  • Chinese: “賓遜赫 布魯克林”
  • 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 (ブルックリン)”
  • Japanese: “ベンソンハースト地区”
  • Polish: “Bensonhurst”
  • Russian: “Бенсонхерст”
  • Russian: “Бенсонхёрст”
  • Spanish: “Bensonhurst (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Bensonhurst”
  • Swedish: “Bensonhurst”
  • Turkish: “Bensonhurst”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенсонгерст”
  • Yiddish: “בּענסאנהורסט”
  • Yiddish: “בענסנהוירסט”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Spirit and Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst.

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