Arthur W. Benson (died 1889) was a president of Brooklyn Gas Light who developed Bensonhurst and Montauk, New York. KeySpan Corporation is the fifth largest distributor of natural gas in the United States and the largest in the Northeast region of the country. ... Bensonhurst Embrakement is a common walkplace in (Bensonhurst) A spectacular view of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (Brooklyn College) Snow melting on one of the streets in Bensonhurst Bensonhurst is a working class neighborhood located in the south-central part of New York City, USAs borough of Brooklyn. ... Montauk is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York on the South Shore of Long Island. ...

Brooklyn Gas Light, founded in 1823, when Brooklyn had 9,000 people.

In 1835 Benson began buying farmland that formerly owned to the Polhemuses family. Between 1830 and 1850 Benson divided the farmland into lots that were sold in the newly created suburb of Bensonhurst^[1].

In 1869, Benson was one of only nine individual investors in the Brooklyn Bridge with the first planning meetings being held at the Brooklyn Gas Light headquarters^[2] For other uses, see Brooklyn Bridge (disambiguation). ...

In 1879 Benson paid US$151,000 for 10,000 acres (40 km²) around Montauk, New York in an auction for government land around Montauk (with Benson only fronting 10% down). Smack in the middle of the land was Indian Field which was the home for the Montaukett tribe. The land had been held in trust for the tribe. Benson moved to get clear title to the land with promises of buying it from tribesmen for $10 each and one case one of the tribesmen houses was burned. The legitimacy of the transaction is still being contested in court by the tribe. Montauk is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York on the South Shore of Long Island. ... The Montaukett is an Algonquian speaking tribe native to eastern of Long Island, New York. ...

The transaction cleared the way for Austin Corbin to bring the Long Island Rail Road to Montauk with the first train pulling in December 17, 1895^[3] Austin Corbin (July 11, 1827 - June 4, 1896) consolidated the rail lines on Long Island bringing them under the profitable umbrella of the Long Island Rail Road. ... The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR (often referred to as the L-I-double-R) is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York, United States. ...

Benson envisioned the area as a playground for the rich. Stanford White and his McKim, Mead, and White designed seven houses at the Ditch Plains area of Montauk. Frederick Law Olmsted and his sons designed a private park system. One of the houses Tick Hall is owned by television personality Dick Cavett and was destroyed by a 1997 fire. Its reconstruction was followed in a Public Television documentary. Stanford White (1853-1906) Washington Square Arch New York American on June 25, 1906 Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. ... From left to right: Will Mead, Charles McKim and Stan White McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City. ... The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ...

References

1. ^ BROOKLYN'S LARGE ESTATES: What Has Become of the Old Farm Lands of the City of Brooklyn?, accessed July 31, 2006
2. ^ [The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, By David McCullough].
3. ^ The Cannonball and the Long Island Rail Road by Vincent Seyfried, accessed July 31, 2006

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External links

• Brooklyn Eagle article
• Gurney's Quarter Article on Tribe
• Vincent Seyfried lecture on Benson