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Don't expect a detailed travel report, but lots of pictures of fantastic places.
On a day like this we start at Ground Zero, as a tribute to all the victims of this terrible terror.
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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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Havre de Grace is a city in northern Maryland at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. Named by French General Lafayette, it maintained a strong French influence during and after the War of 1812, in which it played a key role in turning back British forces. At various times since the town has been hubs and home to industry, horse breeding and racing, canal building and quarrying, maritime recreation, military housing, and now golf. Today it survives as a mixture of all between several large cities in the northeastern megaregion, with a population floating between 10,000 and 15,000, swelling to due to base relocation (or BRAC) which has transplanted thousands of new residents to the area.
Its location was once closely considered when choosing sites for the nation's capital, which of course went to the area that's presently Washington DC.
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