#bensonhurst

On the morning of March 18, 1999, the streets of Bensonhurst were still slick from the night’s rain. Puddles collected against the curbs, reflecting the bright signs of corner stores and the distant rumble of the D train. At around eight o’clock, a girl in a red and black bubble jacket stood near the intersection of 67th Street and 18th Avenue. She was small for fourteen, brown-haired, her cheeks…