[Photo courtesy of geminicollisionworks/GL Flickr Pool] Bensonhurst! Looking good, kid.

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This is actually a pretty old vid that kind of makes fun of a certain group in Bensonhurst. Since we are part Italian-American (and it is the part of our heritage we identify with most strongly), we don’t have a problem posting it, but we will warn those who might be sensitive to ethnic stereotyping, […]

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Almost like Dyker Heights, but Bensonhurst.

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What happens to mozzarella made in Bensonhurst when it’s imported to that far off land known as the Upper West Side? Uh, the price goes up. Waaaaaay up. We see that Whole Foods in Columbus Circle’s Time Warner Center is selling “Lioni’s in Brooklyn” beautiful homemade mozzarella balls…for $9.50 a ball. Is this the same […]

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This is the first time we’ve eve had a Missed Connection from Spumoni Gardens, the pizza place and Italian Restaurant on 86th Street in Bensonhurst, and as such is very exciting: Hottie at Spumoni garden 12:00 noon / Black mercedes / married? – m4w – 42 (Spumoni Garden Brooklyn) I must say you are the […]

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There was such an abundance of Craigslist Missed Connection goodness this last week that we held a couple over. Here’s one we didn’t have a chance to get to. It’s short, sweet, to the point and amusing in a meaty kind of way: Ave U Meat Supreme Girl – m4w (Bensonhurst) Ave U Meat Supreme […]

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Here’s a detailed and photo-filled look at 18th Avenue and Bensonhurst that includes a walk on Christmas Eve. “A source of endless fascination to me has been the depiction of animals wearing crowns, chef hats, or similar anthropomorphism. At 61st Street, the Bari pig, captioned ‘King of the Sausage’ on other signs in Brooklyn, holds […]

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