[14]:2, As of 2016, the median household income in Community District 12 was $53,493. A Brooklyn firebrand demanded Monday that the rookie cop who fatally shot an unarmed man in a darkened housing project stairwell be charged with a crime. The average home rent in this submarket is $5,479. The police were very busy this month busting drug rings. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in the 1980s - YouTube [41][46], Based on data from the 2020 United States census, the Asian population in Bensonhurst grew to 46,000, surpassing the Asian populations in Sunset Park of 31,000 and in the original Manhattan's Chinatown of 27,000. Crime Blotter: Bensonhurst And Bay Ridge Drug Rings Busted - Bklyner [77], The neighborhood is well served by the New York City Subway. [14]:6 The percentage of Bensonhurst students excelling in math has been increasing, with math achievement rising from 50 percent in 2000 to 71 percent in 2011, though reading achievement within the same time period stayed steady at 52%. [14]:16 14% of local children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. And the best part is: the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $1,513. He fell in with the Young Turks, a group of Americanized Italian and Jewish Mafioso in New York that included the likes of Frank Prime Minister Costello, Albert Mad Hatter Anastasia, Gaetano Tommy Three-Finger Brown Lucchese, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, and Charles Lucky Luciano. [13], Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the combined population of Bensonhurst West and Bensonhurst East was 151,705, an increase of 8,499 (5.9%) from the 143,206 counted in 2000. Bensonhurst (Brooklyn) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go - Tripadvisor SHOCKER: Mayor's private BQE meeting could divide Brooklyn politicians However, Bensonhurst-proper includes the area bounded by 86th Street, 14th Avenue, 60th Street, McDonald Avenue, Avenue P, Stillwell Ave. and Bay Parkway. Bensonhurst tends to get thrown under the rug as far as this type of notoriety goes. The annual end-of-summer celebration attracts thousands. The Brooklyn woman arrested in a lethal family dispute confessed in gruesome detail to the brutal killing of her father and the near-fatal stabbing of her kid sister, the Daily News has learned. The study showed that Asians very often live in houses that are divided into studio apartments, which means the Asian population could be higher than indicated on censuses. Crime - News 12 Brooklyn