Bedford-Stuyvesant

Sometimes erroneously thought to include all or parts of such neighborhoods as Bath Beach, New Utrecht, Dyker Heights, and Borough Park, or to be defined by the streets where the ethnic mix of Jewish and Italian residents is most prominent, Bensonhurst actually has a clearly defined border, with Gravesend to the southeast, Midwood to the east, Borough Park to the north, New Utrecht to the west, and Bath Beach to the southwest. Starting at the neighborhood’s southern tip at the corner of Stillwell Avenue and 86th Street, the border runs north along Stillwell Avenue to Kings Highway, east to McDonald Avenue, north to 60th Street, northwest to New Utrecht Avenue, south to 86th Street, and southeast back to Stillwell Avenue.