Best of Brooklyn : 'The Ice Cream Girl'
Bensonhurt's "Ice Cream Girl" returned to action this Memorial Day weekend. Maria Campanella has been serving up ice cream in the neighborhood for nearly 30 years in a classic ice cream truck. She inherited
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May 26, 2015, 6:50 AM
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Updated 3,256 days ago
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Bensonhurt's "Ice Cream Girl" returned to action this Memorial Day weekend.
Maria Campanella has been serving up ice cream in the neighborhood for nearly 30 years in a classic ice cream truck.
She inherited the truck from her father, "Chubby," who began selling ice cream after exiting the Army in 1944 with a push cart and a bicycle.
Neighborhood children call Maria "Ia" for short, and she says they even have their own dance for when they spot her truck.
She says that when she retires, she hopes a museum will exhibit the truck.
