Bensonhurst, located in New York City, is a neighborhood that stretches from Greenwood Cemetery to Gravesend Bay, known for its predominantly Jewish and Italian population, with a few Italian families cultivating small truck farms.
Notable landmarks in Bensonhurst include the Israel Zion Hospital, a modern facility with innovative features such as a swimming pool for post-paralytic cases and television apparatus in the operating room, as well as the historic Van Pelt Manor House, which dates back to the late 17th century and has ties to both Lord Howe and George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
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