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    Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S...
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    Gravesend /ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd/ is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south...
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    County was the unified City of Brooklyn. The towns were, clockwise from the north: Bushwick, Brooklyn, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Utrecht, with Flatbush in...
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    Beach Haven apartment complex owned and operated by Fred Trump in Gravesend, Brooklyn. There are several handwritten drafts of the lyrics with titles such...
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    Thomas Pitera (category People from Gravesend, Brooklyn)
    Big Sandy in Inez, Kentucky. Thomas Pitera grew up in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Joseph "Joe" Pitera, an Italian-American...
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  • England, a hamlet Gravesend, Brooklyn, a neighbourhood of New York City, United States Gravesend (film), a 1997 criminal drama film "Gravesend", a song by Stone...
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    located at the intersection of 86th Street and West Seventh Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It is served by the N train at all times. During rush hours, several...
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  • attempted to rob a branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank at 450 Avenue P in Gravesend, Brooklyn. The Los Angeles Times reported the heist was meant to pay for Eden's...
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    Carlo Gambino (category People from Gravesend, Brooklyn)
    Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, on April 19, 1951. Vincent's body was never found and he was declared dead by the Surrogate's Court in Brooklyn on October 30...
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    Arthur Miller (category People from Gravesend, Brooklyn)
    Street Crash of 1929, the family lost almost everything and moved to Gravesend, Brooklyn. (One source says they moved to Midwood.) As a teenager, Miller delivered...
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    Gravesend Race Track was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, that opened in 1886 and closed in 1910...
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  • 1972, Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Chase Manhattan bank branch in Gravesend, Brooklyn. He claimed that he attempted the robbery in order to obtain funds...
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    John Franco (category People from Gravesend, Brooklyn)
    in 2012. Franco, who is of Italian heritage, grew up in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn. His father, Jim Franco, was a New York City Department of Sanitation...
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    Ocean Parkway is a boulevard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was built between 1874 and...
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    located at the intersection of Avenue U and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It is served by the F train at all times and the <F> train during...
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    Deborah Moody (category History of Brooklyn)
    (born Deborah Dunch) (1586– circa 1659) is notable as the founder of Gravesend, Brooklyn, and is the only woman known to have started a village in colonial...
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  • Michael Lombard (category Male actors from Brooklyn)
    from Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy, emigrated to America and settled in Gravesend, Brooklyn. In 1977, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance...
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    miles). Kings Highway continued east into the Town of Gravesend, Brooklyn. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, in the 19th century, Kings Highway “was one of...
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  • current underboss in the family. Castellazzo is the former capo of the Gravesend Brooklyn crew. In 2000, Castellazzo was indicted along Michael Nobile, Anthony...
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    population in Brooklyn have dramatically shifted to Bensonhurst/Gravesend and Homecrest creating newer Chinatowns of Brooklyn and these newer Brooklyn Chinatowns...
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    beyond Whitehall Street to and from 86th Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn, making local stops in Brooklyn. The W is internally staffed and scheduled as part...
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  • geographical south of Brooklyn, including Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Sheepshead Bay, and Gravesend. The term South Brooklyn Boys has not only...
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    geographic southern region of the modern borough of Brooklyn, which includes the neighborhoods of Gravesend, Seagate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan...
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    neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located at the southwestern edge of the borough on Gravesend Bay. The neighborhood borders Bensonhurst...
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    Frank Lino (category People from Gravesend, Brooklyn)
    became an informant. Lino was born in a house on West Eight Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York City. The marriage of his mobster father Robert A. Lino...
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  • crew Split 1987: Crew splits forming the new McDonald Ave Crew in Gravesend Brooklyn 1991–1995: George "Georgie Neck" Zappola — became a fugitive in 1991...
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    in Coney Island, Brooklyn. During rush hours, most alternate trains originate and terminate at Kings Highway in Gravesend, Brooklyn instead of Stillwell...
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  • attempted to rob a branch of the Chase Manhattan bank at 450 Avenue P in Gravesend, Brooklyn; the robbery was led by John Wojtowicz and Robert Westenberg. The...
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  • Jeff Sutton (real estate developer) (category People from Gravesend, Brooklyn)
    by Forbes. Jeff Sutton was born into a Syrian Jewish family, in Gravesend, Brooklyn. His father was an importer of retail goods. In 1981, he graduated...
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    L&B Spumoni Gardens (category Gravesend, Brooklyn)
    Gardens is an Italian-American pizzeria-restaurant in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Originally conceived as an ice and spumoni...
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