However, I call my grandmother Nonni, the short form of Nonnina, which is an endearing term for grandmother like granny or gramma. I'm not sure this is proper Italian, but that's how I see it. As far as I know nanni is not Italian, and it certainly does not mean grandfather.
Brooklyn became part of the City of New York in 1898. In the early 1900s, Bensonhurstâs Jewish immigrants, many of them Syrian or Egyptian Jews, joined the mix in the mostly Italian neighborhood. During the first half of the 20th century Jewish children primarily attended the local public schools.
Located in southwestern Brooklyn, Bensonhurst is. bordered on the north by 65th Street, on the south by. 86th Street, on the west by 14th Avenue, and on the east. by Bay Parkway and Avenue P. About Bensonhurst. The first Europeans arrived in 1652 from Utrecht, Holland naming the area New Utrecht, the last of the.