
Jackie Gleason's boyhood home was at 328 Chauncey St. in Bushwick. That property is currently listed." - Chris C.
Answers.com says that "Bushwick" was changed to "Bensonhurst" for the show to make it sound more Brooklyn-y to those watching from other parts of the country.
According to Classic Hollywood bios:
Gleason patterned the Kramdens' apartment after the one he lived in with his mother as a boy..."The place was dull. The bulbs weren't very bright. The surroundings were very bare" remembered Gleason about his childhood home.

Photo from Big Bands and Big Names
Map from Mapquest.
4 comments:
I believe that Gleason, as a vaudevillian....performed at the old Bushwick Theater.
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