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Bensonhurst derives its name from Arthur W. Benson, the former president of Brooklyn Gas, who in 1835 began buying farmland which he divided into lots that became Bensonhurst.
Once stereotyped as a haven for Mafia members, Bensonhurst was the setting for The Honeymooners and Welcome Back Kotter. Saturday Night Fever was filmed in Bensonhurst's Philips Dance Studio, the famous chase scene in The French Connection rolls through Bensonhurst and it is one of the settings for the movie, Jungle Fever.
Come in late August or early September to take part in the colorful Santa Rosalia Festival
