Bensonhurst
122 Bay 26th street between Benson and Bath Avenues. (Photo by Carly Miller / BKLYNER)One of the last living legacies of a demolished beach resort town in southern Brooklyn holds a firm grip on the neighborhood’s history and refuses to let go. The fading, deep-green Victorian towering at 122
Bensonhurst
The Brooklyn, Bath and West End RR Elevated line’s Bensonhurst station in 1917. Photo via the New York Historical Society, uploaded by Oocities.org [http://www.oocities.org/thereillyfamily/neighborhoods2.htm]To understand how Bensonhurst got its name, you must go way back to when the area was farmland.
71st street
A catty corner view of Villabate Alba Pastry Shop at 7001 18th Avenue- you can see how shadows emphasize the building's architectural detailsHave you ever noticed the crown molding that runs along the sides and tops of older buildings? It’s called a cornice and it was all