Bensonhurst

Bensonhurst
Information
Type	Neighborhood
Nickname(s)	The old neighborhood
Notable locations	Sonny Corinthos' childhood home Frankie's Bar Bensonhurst Church
Notable people	Cerullo family Corinthos family Falconeri family

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York is a real neighborhood located in the south-western part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in which a fictionalized version is shown on General Hospital and featured in several storylines.

History

Lois Cerullo and Olivia Falconeri are ecstatic to reunite (2023)

"Bensonhurst is in the house!" (2024)

Bensonhurst is a large, multi-cultural neighborhood in the southwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, with a large Italian-American population.

The town is a real-life place that is mentioned countless times on General Hospital due to many Port Charles residents growing up there.

It is about six hours from Bensonhurst to the fictional Port Charles, New York (given some clues by the show on Port Charles fictional relative location).

As the former home-neighborhood of several prominent characters, it was first mentioned as the home town of Sonny Corinthos and Lois Cerullo, who would often reminisce about "the old neighborhood."

In 1995, Ned Quartermaine and Lois got married there, with many friends joining them for a trip to the city and celebrating their wedding.

In 1996, finding that Ned would not give up the family business that brought out the worst in him, Lois went back home to the Cerullo family to give birth to their daughter, Brook Lynn.

In 2007, the city returned to prominence on the show when the Falconeri family came to Port Charles, in the form of Connie Falconeri, followed a year later by her cousin Olivia Falconeri, and Olivia's son, Dante Falconeri.

In 2010, Dante mentioned to Betsy Frank that he did research and found out she raised her son Franco Baldwin in Bensonhurst. Franco went to prison for armed robbery and Betsy cashed out her pension, changed her name to Karen Anderson, and moved to Woodstock, NY.

In 2011, Dante and Lulu Spencer get married in a Bensonhurst Church with family.

In 2015, shortly after Leo Falconeri's birth, Olivia decided to hide him from his dangerous mobster father Julian Jerome. To keep him safe, she sent her newborn to live in Bensonhurst with Ned Quartermaine and his daughter Brook Lynn Quartermaine for a couple of months.

In 2019, Sonny and then-wife Carly Spencer named their newborn daughter Donna, after a late friend of the Corinthos family from the old neighborhood, with whom he'd formed a trusted friendship.

"She was kind and loyal and she knew how to keep a secret -- you could talk to her about anything and your problems, who you love, your fears -- she would just listen, and she wouldn't judge, and she wouldn't tell a soul," Sonny explained to his kids. "She was tough as nails, and she had no patience for fools. And if you were annoying, she would get in your face. She hated bullies, no matter young or old, it didn't matter. And she was fearless. But most of all, she was kind, loyal, and generous. One of the greatest things about her was that she could always make you smile, no matter how you were feeling. That was just the way she was."

In 2023, Lois returns to PC after being gone 18 years. She and Olivia have a joyous reunion, screaming and hugging, excited to see each other after their childhoods in the old neighborhood. Lois tells Olivia that the old neighborhood has not changed. The local pizza spot is still very popular and their favorite childhood arcade is still just as busy as ever.

On July 4, 2024, recent transplant Gio Palmieri tells Josslyn Jacks and Trina Robinson what the Fourth was like in Bensonhurst. He shares there is a big bash with all the family, cousins, and Italian relatives. Many of them are immigrants, and becoming a US citizen was so important to them, which is why the Fourth was such a big deal.

Former Residents

• Franco Baldwin
• Carmine Cerullo
• Gloria Cerullo
• Lois Cerullo
• Sonny Corinthos
• Ronnie Dimestico
• Connie Falconeri
• Dante Falconeri
• Betsy Frank
• Joe Scully III
• Gio Palmieri
• Brook Lynn Quartermaine
• Ned Quartermaine
• Olivia Quartermaine
• Leo Quartermaine
• Joe Scully
• Joe Scully, Jr.

Gallery

• PC friends in NYC for Ned Quartermaine and Lois Cerullo's wedding (1995)
• "Nois" marry at a church in Bensonhurst (1995)
• "Nois" get married (1995)
• "Nois" get married (1995)
• Sonny Corinthos and Olivia Falconeri have drinks at a Frankie's Bar in Bensonhurst (2008)

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