November 4, 2012, Sunday, 308

Bay Ridge

From The Peopling of New York City

Bay Ridge

Then and Now

Welcome to Bay Ridge



Welcome to the Bay Ridge Wiki!



Over the past 200 years, Bay Ridge, formally known as “Yellow Hook,” has undergone massive changes—physically and culturally. Predating the 1900s, Bay Ridge was essentially all country and wilderness. Except for a scarce amount of houses that developed around the Fort Hamilton Army Base* and Saint Patrick’s Church** the area was mostly agricultural farmland. Originally part of the township of New Utrecht, Bay Ridge was the sight where British troops marched up 3rd Ave to Greenwood Cemetery to meet American Soldiers during the Revolutionary War—a skirmish which would be later known as the famous “Battle of Brooklyn.” With the invention of the steamboat and the train during the Industrial Revolution, access to Bay Ridge became plausible for development. Mansions appeared along Shore Road, becoming a retreat for the wealthy—similar to the current day Hamptons in Long Island. Over the course of the years, with the introduction of the automobile, the highway, the subway and other forms of development the countryside was transformed into the area it is today.



















For a look at how Bay Ridge has changed, right-click and press "play"!

For a brief overlay of the history of Bay Ridge, which pinpoint the drastic time-altering moments in the borough, from the Battle of Brooklyn to the building of the Verrazano Bridge to the filming of “Saturday Night Fever,” visit...
History of Bay Ridge

For information on demographics, which survey the change in population and culture in Brooklyn and Bay Ridge over the years, from the 1840s to 2008, please visit...
Bay Ridge Demographics

For a the history on the illusive and under-publicized YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC in Bay Ridge, please visit...
Yellow Fever and Yellow Fever in Bay Ridge

For an analysis on the drastic cultural changes over the years, please visit...
Bay Ridge Culture

And, for some info about us and the page...
Bay Ridge Reference Page

Enjoy!


*(Located on101st street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, it is currently no longer open to visitors due to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001.)

**(This structure is still standing on 95th street and 4th Ave.)


Made by Christina Squitieri, Victor V. Gurbo, and Neyra Azimov
Bay Ridge Notes