Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

File:Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Bay Ridge IMG 2146 HLG.png

South Brooklyn was originally settled by the Canarsee Indians, one of several indigenous Lenape peoples who farmed and hunted on the land. Their main village in the area was Nyack. The Canarsee Indians had several routes that crossed Brooklyn, including a path from Fulton Ferry along the East River that extended southward to Gowanus Creek, Sunset Park, and Bay Ridge.{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2622.pdf |title=Sunset Park South Historic District |date=June 18, 2019 |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806232549/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2622.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|9}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BizXvQEACAAJ |title=Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis |last=Bolton |first=Reginald P. |publisher=Creative Media Partners, LLC |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-343-11305-6 |pages=129–146 |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073808/https://books.google.com/books?id=BizXvQEACAAJ |url-status=live }} The Canarsee traded with other indigenous peoples, and by the early 17th century, also with Dutch and English settlers.{{Rp|9}}

The first European settlement at Bay Ridge occurred in 1636 when Willem Adriaenszen Bennett and Jacques Bentyn purchased {{Convert|936|acre}} between 28th and 60th Streets, in what is now Sunset Park.{{cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/34634521/ |title=Beautiful Bay Ridge Still Show Place of Brooklyn |date=September 30, 1940 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=August 6, 2019 |page=9 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com {{open access}} |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073810/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-beautiful-bay-r/34634521/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2015/08/the-rarely-told-story-of-the-real-bay-ridge-natives/ |title=The Rarely Told Story of the Real Bay Ridge Natives |author=Henry |date=August 10, 2015 |website=Hey Ridge |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806232548/https://www.heyridge.com/2015/08/the-rarely-told-story-of-the-real-bay-ridge-natives/ |url-status=live }}{{Efn|Until the 1960s, present-day Sunset Park was considered part of Bay Ridge.{{Rp|9}}|name=|group=}} However, after the land was purchased in the 1640s by Dutch settlers who laid out their farms along the waterfront, the Canarsee were soon displaced, and had left Brooklyn by the 18th century.{{Rp|9}} Present-day Bay Ridge was the westernmost portion of New Utrecht, founded in 1657 by the Dutch.{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2631.pdf |title=Bay Ridge Parkway – Doctors' Row Historic District |date=June 25, 2019 |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |access-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806022309/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2631.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|8}}{{cite web |url=https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/before-it-was-called-bay-ridge/ |title=Whatever happened to Yellow Hook, Brooklyn? |work=Ephemeral New York |date=July 16, 2010 |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812080851/http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/before-it-was-called-bay-ridge/ |url-status=live }} The area consisted of two sister villages: Yellow Hook to the north, named for the color of the soil, with "Hook" from the Dutch hoek, meaning "corner"{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=C. J. |date=March 6, 2020 |title=The Neighborhood Name Game |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/realestate/the-neighborhood-name-game.html |access-date=August 21, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830185425/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/realestate/the-neighborhood-name-game.html |url-status=live }} and Fort Hamilton to the south, named for the military installation at its center.{{Rp|4}}

Yellow Hook was mostly farmland until the late 1840s. In 1848, Third Avenue within the area was widened. Two years later, a group of artists moved to the area and founded a colony called Ovington Village, named after the family who owned the farmland in the area.{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1623.pdf |title=Howard E. and Jessie Jones House |date=March 8, 1988 |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |access-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806022309/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1623.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|1}}{{cite news |title=The First Gentrifiers |first=Henry |last=Stewart |url=http://bklynr.com/the-first-gentrifiers/ |newspaper=BKLYNR |date=November 6, 2014 |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120201107/http://bklynr.com/the-first-gentrifiers/ |url-status=live }} Around 1853, Yellow Hook changed the community's name to avoid association with yellow fever.{{cite news |url=http://brooklynreporter.com/story/generally-speaking-happy-birthday-bay-ridge/ |title=Generally Speaking: Happy Birthday, Bay Ridge! |author=Theodore W. General |date=December 12, 2016 |newspaper=Brooklyn Reporter |access-date=December 13, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220132209/http://brooklynreporter.com/story/generally-speaking-happy-birthday-bay-ridge/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59970848 |title=Failure to Create Park Along Shore Road Laid To Apathy of Residents |work=the Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=July 27, 2015 |issue=September 2, 1931 |archive-date=October 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027055153/http://www.newspapers.com/image/59970848/ |url-status=live }} "Bay Ridge" was suggested by local horticulturist James Weir after the area's most prominent geographic features: the high ridge that offered views of New York Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=151 |title=Owl's Head Park – Historical Sign |access-date=September 6, 2007 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102816/http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=151 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DF1F3FF933A25755C0A9679C8B63 |title=If You're Thinking of Living In Red Hook; Isolated Brooklyn Area Starts to Awaken |last=Donovan |first=Aaron |date=June 10, 2001 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 27, 2010 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073814/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/10/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-red-hook-isolated-brooklyn-area-starts-to-awaken.html |url-status=live }} The natural beauty attracted the wealthy, who built country homes along Shore Road, overlooking the water.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-bay-ridge.html |title=If You're Thinking of Living In Bay Ridge |last=Fowler |first=Brenda |date=July 26, 1987 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824070855/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-bay-ridge.html |archive-date=August 24, 2010 |url-status=live }}

The first settlers referred to Fort Hamilton as the Nyack Tract, after the Native American tribe that lived there. Fort Hamilton began to develop in the 1830s as a resort destination when the corresponding military fortification was created. The mostly-immigrant laborers in the area started to create a community to the fort's north and west, which included stores, houses, churches, and a school. The community was linked by stagecoach to New Utrecht, Gowanus, and downtown Brooklyn, as well as by ferry to Staten Island and Manhattan.{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1966.pdf |title=Bennet-Farrell-Feldman House |date=August 3, 1999 |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |access-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729070632/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1966.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|2}}{{cite web |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2016/08/when-bay-ridge-was-a-vacation-destination-to-rival-coney-island/ |title=When Bay Ridge Was a Vacation Destination to Rival Coney Island |work=Hey Ridge |date=August 2, 2016 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205185115/http://www.heyridge.com/2016/08/when-bay-ridge-was-a-vacation-destination-to-rival-coney-island/ |url-status=live }}

File:Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, ca. 1872-1887. (5832928479).jpg, Bay Ridge, {{circa|1872|1887}} Brooklyn Museum]]

In the mid-19th century, a large number of country houses were built in Bay Ridge, especially along Shore Road, which faced the New York Harbor to the west. The advent of the telephone allowed estate owners to communicate with their businesses in Manhattan while enjoying their stays at the elegant estates of Bay Ridge.{{Rp|8}}{{cite book |title=Brooklyn's Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton : a photographic journey, 1870-1970 |last=Merlis |first=Brian |publisher=Israelowitz Pub. Brooklyn Editions |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-878741-45-5 |location=Brooklyn, NY Lynbrook, NY |oclc=45112683 }}{{Rp|5}} Through this period Greek Revival, Italianate, and Gothic Revival villas were built on Shore Road; many of these villas were constructed by the descendants of the area's original settlers.{{Rp|8}}{{Rp|2}} Development in Bay Ridge continued through the 1890s.{{cite news |author= |date=March 31, 1895 |title=Brooklyn City's Beautiful Suburbs |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1895-03-31_44_13605/page/n19/mode/2up |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 4, 2023 |pages=20–21 }} One of the most prominent organizations in Bay Ridge was the Crescent Athletic Club, a football club built in 1884, which contained a summer clubhouse, boathouse, and playing fields.{{Rp|8}}{{Rp|2}} By the late 19th century, it was anticipated that a series of parkways would be built across Brooklyn, connecting Bay Ridge to Eastern Parkway, Ocean Parkway, and Prospect Park. As such, several wide, tree-lined streets were laid through the neighborhood, including 75th Street (now Bay Ridge Parkway); Fort Hamilton Parkway; and Shore Road.{{cite web |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2015/06/the-forgotten-history-of-the-bay-ridge-parkway/ |title=Bay Ridge's Parks Were Once Envisioned as a Single Super Park |author=Henry |date=June 22, 2015 |website=Hey Ridge |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806022307/https://www.heyridge.com/2015/06/the-forgotten-history-of-the-bay-ridge-parkway/ |url-status=live }}{{efn|The name "Bay Ridge Parkway" was originally used to refer to a route that ran on 67th Street and then Shore Road. It currently refers to the street located between 74th and 76th Streets.}}

Until the late 19th century, Bay Ridge would remain a relatively isolated rural area,{{Rp|4}} reached primarily by stagecoaches, then by steam trolleys after 1878.{{Rp|15}} In 1892, the first electric trolley line was built in Brooklyn, starting at a ferry terminal at 39th Street and running via Second Avenue to 65th Street, and then via Third Avenue. The Fifth Avenue Elevated was then extended to Third Avenue and 65th Street.{{Rp|19}}{{Cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53154484 |title=Future of South Brooklyn And Its Suburbs |date=March 18, 1906 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=May 5, 2017 |pages=35–36 |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807073023/http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53154484/ |url-status=live }} This had the effect of raising land prices: one entity, the Bay Ridge Improvement Company, was able to buy land for {{Convert|1000|$/acre|$/ha}} in 1890, and then sell land off for $1,000 per lot several years later.{{Rp|19}}

Real estate speculation commenced at the beginning of the 20th century.{{cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/34616461/ |title=Marked Activity Continues in Local Real Estate Market |date=December 14, 1901 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=August 6, 2019 |page=17 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com {{open access}} |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073820/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-marked-activity/34616461/ |url-status=live }} A building boom in South Brooklyn started in about 1902 and 1903, and thousands of people started coming to the area from Manhattan and from other places. The first definite plans for a Fourth Avenue subway (today's {{NYCS trains|Fourth far south}}) were proposed by Rapid Transit Commission engineer William Barclay Parsons in 1903,{{cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/34616306/ |title=Parsons' Great Transit Plan for Brooklyn; New Tunnels, Subways and Elevated Lines |date=March 12, 1903 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=August 6, 2019 |page=1 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com {{open access}} |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073811/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-parsons-great/34616306/ |url-status=live }} and two years later, a citizens' committee was created to aid the creation of the subway line.{{Cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53895638/?terms=Fourth+Avenue+Subway |title=Building of Fourth Ave. Subway Crowns Decade of Civic Struggle |date=June 21, 1911 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=May 4, 2017 |page=10 |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806222457/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53895638/?terms=Fourth+Avenue+Subway |url-status=live }} The announcement of the subway line resulted in the immediate development of row houses in Bay Ridge.{{cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/34616652/ |title=Realty Market Steady Despite Campaign |date=October 28, 1905 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=August 6, 2019 |page=12 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com {{open access}} }} In 1905 and 1906 realty values increased by about 100 percent, and land values increased due to the promise of improved transportation access. Such was the rate of development, houses were being sold before they were even completed, and land prices could rise significantly just within several hours.{{Rp|11}}

The subway itself faced delays. In 1905, the Rapid Transit Commission adopted the Fourth Avenue route to Fort Hamilton; following approval by the Board of Estimate and mayor of New York City, the route was approved by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XoxBAQAAMAAJ&q=4th+Avenue+line&pg=PA18 |title=Fourth Avenue Subway, Brooklyn's New Transportation Line: A Part of the Dual System of Rapid Transit of the City of New York |date=June 19, 1915 |publisher=Public Service Commission |language=en |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918090216/https://books.google.com/books?id=XoxBAQAAMAAJ&q=4th+Avenue+line&pg=PA18 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53875480 |title=Fourth Avenue Subway Is Sent To A Committee |date=March 20, 1908 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=May 4, 2017 |pages=1–2 |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807021017/http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53875480/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKvSWhrQBW4d3pvOGZaSERiZEhpQ24xT19DTktkQUVlLW5j/view |title=New York Division ERA Bulletin May 1961 |last=Rogoff |first=David |date=May 1961 |work=Google Docs |access-date=May 8, 2017 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806175227/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKvSWhrQBW4d3pvOGZaSERiZEhpQ24xT19DTktkQUVlLW5j/view |url-status=live }} Bids for construction and operation were let, but in 1907, the Rapid Transit Commission was succeeded by the Public Service Commission (PSC). For much of 1908, there were legal disagreements about whether the project could be funded while remaining within the city's debt limit.{{Rp|12}} The PSC voted unanimously for the Fourth Avenue subway line in March 1908, but the Board of Estimate did not approve contracts for the line until October 1909. By then, a non-partisan political body, with the backing of 25,000 South Brooklyn residents, was created that would only support candidates in the municipal election that pledged support for the Fourth Avenue subway.{{Cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53922207/ |title=Fourth Avenue Subway To Be Political Issue |date=December 11, 1908 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=May 4, 2017 |page=1 |language=en |archive-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222340/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53922207/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.heyridge.com/2016/01/crappy-100th-birthday-bay-ridge-subway/ |title=Crappy 100th Birthday, R Train! Love, Bay Ridge |date=January 14, 2016 |website=www.heyridge.com |access-date=May 4, 2017 |archive-date=May 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527224818/https://www.heyridge.com/2016/01/crappy-100th-birthday-bay-ridge-subway/ |url-status=live }} Groundbreaking for the first section of the subway, between DeKalb Avenue and 43rd Street took place in 1909.{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/11/14/101031065.pdf |title=Fourth Ave. Subway Dirt Begins to Fly |date=November 14, 1909 |website=The New York Times |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810055920/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/11/14/101031065.pdf |url-status=live }} Not long after the contracts were awarded, the PSC started negotiating with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in the execution of the Dual Contracts, which were signed in 1913. During the Dual System negotiations, the construction of an extension of the Fourth Avenue subway was recommended as part of the Dual System, which was approved in 1912. Construction began on the sections between 61st–89th Streets and between 43rd–61st Streets in 1913, and was completed two years later.

File:95th Street - Platform.jpg terminal station of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line was opened in 1925.]]

The line opened to 59th Street on June 21, 1915,{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/06/23/100163384.pdf |title=Queensboro Tunnel Officially Opened |date=June 23, 1915 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 4, 2023 |author= |page=22 |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719094623/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/06/23/100163384.pdf |url-status=live }} and was extended to 86th Street on January 15, 1916, at which time development started to accelerate.{{Cite news |url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55570240/?terms=fourth+avenue+line+opening |title=Subway Running To Eighty–Sixth Street Starts Building Boom In Bay Ridge |date=January 15, 1916 |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=November 5, 2016 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106122758/http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55570240/?terms=fourth+avenue+line+opening |url-status=live }} At the time, Bay Ridge extended northward to what is now present-day Sunset Park.{{cite news |title=Brooklyn's Rapid Growth Attracts Many Buyers |work=The New York Times |date=May 8, 1904 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1904-05-08_53_16955/page/n17/mode/1up |access-date=March 6, 2023 |page=18 |author= }} Industrial developments were constructed along the waterfront north of present-day 65th Street, such as Bush Terminal (now Industry City), and those were considered to be within Bay Ridge.{{cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Frank |title=South Brooklyn is Port of Future |work=The New York Times |date=May 3, 1908 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1908-05-03_57_18362/page/n52/mode/1up |access-date=March 6, 2023 |page=B3 |author-link=Frank Gallagher (Brooklyn) }} By the 1920s, the number of apartment buildings had increased fivefold, replacing old farms, homesteads and houses.{{cite book |title=Old Bay Ridge & Ovington Village : a history |last=Scarpa |first=Matthew |publisher=The History Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-62619-681-0 |location=Charleston, SC |oclc=898088560 }}{{Rp|17}}{{cite book |title=The Bay Ridge Chronicles |last=Hoffman |first=Jerome |year=1976 }} Schools, churches, stores, movie theaters, and other structures were also created to serve the growing population.{{Rp|23}} The Fourth Avenue subway was extended further to Bay Ridge–95th Street in 1925,{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59905307/?terms=95th+street+subway |title=95th St. Subway Extension Opened At 2 P. M. Today |date=October 31, 1925 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 29, 2015 |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |archive-date=August 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811144044/https://www.newspapers.com/image/59905307/?terms=95th+street+subway |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1925-11-01_75_24753/page/n18/mode/1upl |title=Open Subway Line to Fort Hamilton |date=November 1, 1925 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |author= |page=19 }} by which point Bay Ridge's population had more than doubled since 1900.{{Rp|17}} By World War II, almost all of these large houses had been replaced with apartment buildings.

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many Norwegian and Danish sailors emigrated to Brooklyn, including Bay Ridge and neighboring Sunset Park; Lapskaus Boulevard, referring to the salted Norwegian beef stew, is the nickname of Eighth Avenue in this area.{{Cite book |title=Brooklyn by Name |last=Bernard |first=Leonardo and Jennifer Weiss |publisher=NYU Press |year=2006 |location=New York |page=145 }}

File:Verrazano Bridge Bay Ridge.jpg on a foggy day|upright]]

There had been plans to build the Staten Island Tunnel, a railroad or subway tunnel, from Bay Ridge to Staten Island as early as 1890.{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/08/05/103255981.pdf |title=To Tunnel The Narrows And Thus Improve New York's Commercial Facilities: Mr. Erastus Wiman's Latest Plan Upon Which He and Others Have Long Been Mediating |date=August 5, 1890 |website=The New York Times |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810055453/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/08/05/103255981.pdf |url-status=live }} By the 1910s, there were two proposals to build a tunnel splitting from the Fourth Avenue subway in Bay Ridge, either at Fort Hamilton or between 65th and 67th Streets.{{cite web |url=http://www.panix.com/~danielc/nyc/sibktunl.htm |title=DC: A Tunnel from SI to Brooklyn? |publisher=Daniel Convissor |access-date=December 16, 2010 |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830064408/http://www.panix.com/~danielc/nyc/sibktunl.htm |url-status=live }} The plan for the tunnel from 65th-67th Streets was ultimately selected{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/05/10/101664678.pdf |title=Staten Island Waits for Narrows Tunnel |last1=Young |first1=James C. |date=May 10, 1925 |website=The New York Times |access-date=June 27, 2015 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729071139/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/05/10/101664678.pdf |url-status=live }} and work started in 1923, though the project was halted two years later.{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/04/15/105909915.pdf |title=Staten Island Tube Started by Hylan |date=April 15, 1923 |website=The New York Times |access-date=June 27, 2015 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729071135/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/04/15/105909915.pdf |url-status=live }} In 1927, two years after the cancellation of the Staten Island Tunnel, engineer David B. Steinman brought up the possibility of constructing a vehicular bridge, the "Liberty Bridge", across the Narrows.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A51VbeqTwogC&pg=PT177 |title=Six Bridges: The Legacy of Othmar H. Ammann |last=Rastorfer |first=Darl |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-300-08047-6 |chapter=Chapter 7: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407181933/https://books.google.com/books?id=A51VbeqTwogC&pg=PT177#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}{{rp|135}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/06/07/archives/asks-suburban-aid-in-regional-plan-committee-urges-cooperation-in.html |title=ASKS SUBURBAN AID IN REGIONAL PLAN; Committee Urges Cooperation in Furthering Important Public Improvements. WANT COUNTIES TO HELP Transit, Bridges, Skyscrapers and Financing Among the Subjects Discussed. |date=June 7, 1927 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 14, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315005252/https://www.nytimes.com/1927/06/07/archives/asks-suburban-aid-in-regional-plan-committee-urges-cooperation-in.html |url-status=live }} The tunnel proposal was also revived with the announcement of the Liberty Bridge, and proposals for vehicular and rail tunnels were both considered.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/01/01/archives/says-bridges-boom-realty-in-richmond-many-industrial-firms-are.html |title=SAYS BRIDGES BOOM REALTY IN RICHMOND; Many Industrial Firms Are Seeking Staten Island Sites, Says Real Estate Operator.NEW SPANS HELP VALUESGreat Commercial Centre in FiveYears Is Predicted--HoldingsSought Near Plaza Site. |date=January 1, 1928 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 13, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314043424/https://www.nytimes.com/1928/01/01/archives/says-bridges-boom-realty-in-richmond-many-industrial-firms-are.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57301690 |title=Tube Projects to be Scanned by Chamber of Commerce Body |date=November 27, 1931 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=March 14, 2018 |page=41 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314174250/http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57301690/ |url-status=live }} The bridge was disapproved by the United States Department of War in 1934,{{cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59867305/ |title=Private Group Studying Plans for Vehicular and Transit Narrows Tunnel |date=May 11, 1934 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=March 14, 2018 |page=41 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314104517/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59867305/ |url-status=live }} and plans for a bridge were revived in 1936.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/04/18/archives/mayor-will-urge-narrows-bridge-estimate-board-authorizes-reopening.html |title=MAYOR WILL URGE NARROWS BRIDGE; Estimate Board Authorizes Reopening of the Project With War Department. |date=April 18, 1936 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 13, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314043535/https://www.nytimes.com/1936/04/18/archives/mayor-will-urge-narrows-bridge-estimate-board-authorizes-reopening.html |url-status=live }} By the time the bridge was approved by the city's Board of Estimate in 1943, residents of Bay Ridge had turned against it, citing a detrimental impact to the neighborhood's character.{{Cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52819064/ |title=Bay Ridge Aroused by Narrows Tube O.K. |date=March 22, 1943 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=March 14, 2018 |pages=1, 2 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315003804/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52819064/ |url-status=live }}

Robert Moses, the chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), announced the revival of plans for what would become the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1947.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/09/24/archives/city-plans-to-build-span-at-narrows-moses-says-he-expects-early.html |title=CITY PLANS TO BUILD SPAN AT NARROWS; Moses Says He Expects Early Approval of Bridge Project by War Department CITY PLANS TO BUILD SPAN AT NARROWS |last=Pierce |first=Bert |date=September 24, 1947 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 14, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315005344/https://www.nytimes.com/1947/09/24/archives/city-plans-to-build-span-at-narrows-moses-says-he-expects-early.html |url-status=live }} U.S. Representative Donald Lawrence O'Toole, whose constituency included Bay Ridge, opposed the proposal for the bridge in part because he believed it would damage the character of Bay Ridge.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/01/13/archives/realty-fraud-seen-in-narrows-bridge-otoole-says-proposed-span-would.html |title=REALTY FRAUD SEEN IN NARROWS BRIDGE; O'Toole Says Proposed Span Would Lead to City's 'Greatest Swindle in History' |date=1949 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 14, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314013417/https://www.nytimes.com/1949/01/13/archives/realty-fraud-seen-in-narrows-bridge-otoole-says-proposed-span-would.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52895480/ |title=O'Toole Urges U.S. Ban Bridge over Narrows |date=July 19, 1948 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=March 14, 2018 |pages=1, 3 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315070441/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52895480/ |url-status=live }} The U.S. military approved the proposal anyway,{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/05/25/archives/army-approves-narrows-bridge-worlds-longest-suspension-span-army.html |title=Army Approves Narrows Bridge, World's Longest Suspension Span; ARMY BACKS SPAN OVER THE NARROWS |date=May 25, 1949 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 14, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315005411/https://www.nytimes.com/1949/05/25/archives/army-approves-narrows-bridge-worlds-longest-suspension-span-army.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59526452/ |title=Bay Ridgeites Battle Army Okay on Span |date=May 25, 1949 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=March 14, 2018 |pages=1, 2 |via=Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315003755/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59526452/ |url-status=live }} and in 1957, Moses proposed expanding Brooklyn's Gowanus Expressway and extending it to the Narrows Bridge by way of Seventh Avenue, which would require cutting through the middle of Bay Ridge. This proposal drew opposition from the community, who wanted the approach to follow the Belt Parkway along the Brooklyn shore.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/20/archives/span-approaches-approved-by-city-narrows-and-throgs-neck-routes-are.html |title=SPAN APPROACHES APPROVED BY CITY; Narrows and Throgs Neck Routes Are Advanced by Planning Commission MOSES' PLAN REBUFFED Fourth Ave. Curve Is Deleted in Brooklyn--Alternate Ideas to Be Studied Argue Against Curve Final Action Taken |last=Bennett |first=Charles G. |date=June 20, 1957 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 14, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014313/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/20/archives/span-approaches-approved-by-city-narrows-and-throgs-neck-routes-are.html |url-status=live }} After holding a hearing for concerned Bay Ridge residents, the Board of Estimate affirmed the Narrows Bridge plan in October 1958,{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/10/21/archives/city-bars-change-in-narrows-plan-rejects-liberty-bridge-or-tunnel.html |title=CITY BARS CHANGE IN NARROWS PLAN; Rejects Liberty Bridge or Tunnel as Substitutes -No Action on Approach CITY BARS CHANGE IN NARROWS PLAN |date=October 21, 1958 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 14, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315141136/https://www.nytimes.com/1958/10/21/archives/city-bars-change-in-narrows-plan-rejects-liberty-bridge-or-tunnel.html |url-status=live }} though this angered Bay Ridge residents since the construction of the approach would displace 7,500 people.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/01/01/archives/bay-ridge-seethes-over-bridge-plan-housewife-and-dentist-chafe-over.html |title=BAY RIDGE SEETHES OVER BRIDGE PLAN; Housewife and Dentist Chafe Over Approval by City of Staten Island Span 7,500 TO BE UPROOTED Most in Way of 7th Avenue Approach Uncertain on Where They Will Go |last=Talese |first=Gay |date=January 1, 1959 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 14, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315135037/https://www.nytimes.com/1959/01/01/archives/bay-ridge-seethes-over-bridge-plan-housewife-and-dentist-chafe-over.html |url-status=live }} Also destroyed was Fort Lafayette, part of New York City's defense system along with Fort Hamilton and Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island; it was replaced by the base of the bridge's east tower.{{cite web |url=http://www.gothamgazette.com/books/bridge.php |title=The definitive history of the building of the bridge is Gay Talese's The Bridge |access-date=February 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181718/http://www.gothamgazette.com/books/bridge.php |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201963%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201963%2520-%25200579.pdf |title=Fort Hamilton Facelift Is Free To Taxpayer, As TBTA Pays Bill |last=Chatfield |first=James |date=April 1, 1960 |work=New York World-Telegram |access-date=March 14, 2018 |page=1 |via=Fultonhistory.com |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073948/http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201963%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201963%2520-%25200579.pdf |url-status=live }} The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/22/verrazano-bridge-opened-to-traffic.html |title=Verrazano Bridge Opened to Traffic |last=Talese |first=Gay |date=November 22, 1964 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 16, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084953/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/22/verrazano-bridge-opened-to-traffic.html |url-status=live }}

The 2007 Brooklyn tornado hit this area, specifically 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue between Third and Fourth Avenues.{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynrowhouse.com/node/89 |title=Photos and a story of the aftermath of the Bay Ridge tornado |access-date=October 2, 2007 |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017140735/http://brooklynrowhouse.com/node/89 |url-status=live }} Eleven houses had to be vacated after they suffered significant damage, and many of the trees on the two blocks toppled, landing on cars and stoops. The 4th Avenue Presbyterian Church had its very large stained glass window blown out.{{cite web |url=http://bayridgebrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/08/bay-ridge-tornado-fourth-avenue.html |title=Bay Ridge Tornado: Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church |author=The Phantom |date=August 17, 2007 |access-date=August 21, 2010 |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725063606/http://bayridgebrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/08/bay-ridge-tornado-fourth-avenue.html |url-status=live }} As the tornado lifted, it peeled the roof of a nearby Nissan dealership and deforested 40% of Leif Ericson Park. The tornado has been rated EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with winds between 111 and 135 MPH.{{cite news |title=That Wind That Left Part of Brooklyn Upside Down? It Was a Tornado, All Right |first=Andy |last=Newman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/nyregion/09wind.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 9, 2007 |access-date=August 27, 2010 |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108010506/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/nyregion/09wind.html |url-status=live }}

Based on data from the 2020 United States Census, the population of Bay Ridge was 111,952, an increase of 32,581 from the 79,371 counted in the 2010 Census, representing an increase of (41.04%) and an increase of 31,413 (39%) from the 80,539 counted in 2000. Covering an area of {{convert|1,571.96|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|50.5|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610175331/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.

As of the 2010 US Census, the racial makeup of the neighborhood was 60.1% White (55,976), 19.9% Hispanic (25,413), 15.4% (23,509) Asian, 2.3% Black (2,015), 1.9% (3,358) from two or more races, and 0.5% (335) as other races.{{cite web |title=Race and Ethnicity in Bay Ridge, New York, New York (Neighborhood) |url=https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/New-York/New-York/Bay-Ridge/Race-and-Ethnicity#figure/race-and-ethnicity |website=statisticalatlas.com |access-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520142343/https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/New-York/New-York/Bay-Ridge/Race-and-Ethnicity#figure/race-and-ethnicity |url-status=live }}

The entirety of Community Board 10 had 142,075 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 83.1 years.{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-bk10.pdf |title=Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights (Including Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton) |date=2018 |website=nyc.gov |publisher=NYC Health |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044609/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-bk10.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|2, 20}} This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf |title=2016-2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020 |date=2016 |website=nyc.gov |publisher=New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004755/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}}{{cite web |title=New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives |website=New York Post |date=June 4, 2017 |url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ |access-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024959/https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ |url-status=live }} The median age is 38, while 20% are between the ages of 0–17, 34% between 25 and 44, and 25% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 7% and 15% respectively.{{Rp|2}}

As of 2020, the median household income was $105,177.{{Cite web |url=https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/NY/Brooklyn/Bay-Ridge-Demographics.html |title=Bay Ridge Demographics |website=www.point2homes.com |access-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718002100/https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/NY/Brooklyn/Bay-Ridge-Demographics.html |url-status=live }} In 2018, an estimated 19% of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights residents lived in poverty, compared to 21% in all of Brooklyn and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 9% in the rest of both Brooklyn and New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 49% in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, slightly lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 52% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights are considered to be high-income neighborhoods relative to the rest of the city.{{Rp|7}}

According to the 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning, Bay Ridge had 40,000 or more White residents, while its Asian and Hispanic populations each had between 10,000 and 19,999 residents.{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/nyc-population/census2020/dcp_2020-census-briefing-booklet-1.pdf |title=Key Population & Housing Characteristics; 2020 Census Results for New York City |publisher=New York City Department of City Planning |date=August 2021 |access-date=November 7, 2021 |pages=21, 25, 29, 33 |archive-date=September 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925151633/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/nyc-population/census2020/dcp_2020-census-briefing-booklet-1.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Map: Race and ethnicity across the US |website=CNN |date=August 14, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/us/census-race-ethnicity-map/ |access-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004102038/https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/us/census-race-ethnicity-map/ |url-status=live }}

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn falls under different climate types depending on the climate classification system used. However, the Köppen climate classification system is the most widely used climate classification scheme.

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Bay Ridge is well known for its Norwegian community. By 1971, the 55,000-strong Norwegian community of Bay Ridge boasted that it was the fourth-largest Norwegian "city" in the world.{{cite web |title=Norwegians of Bay Ridge, a Proud and Tight-Knit Community |website=The New York Times |date=May 16, 1971 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/16/archives/norwegians-of-bay-ridge-a-proud-and-tightknit-community.html |access-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808110125/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/16/archives/norwegians-of-bay-ridge-a-proud-and-tightknit-community.html |url-status=live }} Residents also compared Eighth Avenue's string of Norwegian businesses to Oslo's Karl Johans gate. The community continues to host the annual Norwegian Constitution Day Parade, also known as the Syttende Mai Parade, in which hundreds of people in folk dress proceed down Third Avenue. The celebration ends in Leif Ericson Park, where "Miss Norway" is crowned near the statue of Leif Ericson. The statue was donated by Crown Prince Olav, Prince of Norway, on behalf of the nation of Norway in 1939.{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B052/pressrelease/20815 |title=Leif Ericson Park & Square (New York City Department of Parks & Recreation) |access-date=October 21, 2009 |archive-date=September 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915132140/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B052/pressrelease/20815 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.may17paradeny.com/ |title=17th of May Parade (Norwegian-American 17th May Committee of Greater New York) |access-date=October 21, 2009 |archive-date=September 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921135240/http://www.may17paradeny.com/ |url-status=live }} Nordic Delicacies, a Norwegian gifts-and-groceries store, operated until 2015.{{cite web |title=Bay Ridge's Nordic Delicacies Set to Close |url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/38/2/br-nordic-delacacies-closing-2015-01-09-bk_38_2.html |work=Brooklyn Paper |date=January 8, 2015 |last=Jaeger |first=Max |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=June 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617162220/http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/38/2/br-nordic-delacacies-closing-2015-01-09-bk_38_2.html |url-status=live }}

{{As of|2023||df=}}, Bay Ridge still maintains a sizable Norwegian population at around 30,000 individuals. Later in the 20th century, like other areas in southern and southwestern Brooklyn, there was an increase in the number of Irish, Italian, Greek, Russian, Polish, Jordanians, Lebanese, Syrian, Egyptian and to a lesser extent Chinese, people living in Bay Ridge. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Middle Eastern, North African, and Arab Americans moved to Bay Ridge, with The New York Times referring to it as "the heart of Brooklyn's Arab community".{{Cite news |last=Otterman |first=Sharon |date=July 28, 2012 |title=Times of Celebration, Before and After a Daily Fast |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/nyregion/celebrating-ramadan-in-new-york-between-fasts.html |access-date=July 12, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712153514/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/nyregion/celebrating-ramadan-in-new-york-between-fasts.html |url-status=live }} The neighborhood also has many Muslim residents, particularly in its northern area bordering the Sunset Park neighborhood. Bay Ridge is one of the largest Arab-American communities in the United States,{{cite web |url=https://aaww.org/a-new-resistance-in-brooklyns-little-palestine/ |title=A New Resistance in Brooklyn's 'Little Palestine' |date=October 6, 2017 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073944/https://aaww.org/a-new-resistance-in-brooklyns-little-palestine/ |url-status=live }} and the largest in New York City.

In addition to the large Norwegian, Irish, Italian, and Arab American communities, there are sizable numbers of Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and—to a lesser extent—Central Americans and Dominicans in Bay Ridge.

Bay Ridge has many ethnic restaurants, especially along Third and Fifth Avenues, its main commercial strips.{{cite web |title=Hart Staying Alive in Brooklyn |work=UPI |date=March 28, 1984 |first=Carol |last=Vecchione |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/28/Hart-staying-alive-in-Brooklyn/6780449298000/ |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811064202/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/28/Hart-staying-alive-in-Brooklyn/6780449298000/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/parks/loc61.htm |title=Geology of National Parks |first=Dave |last=Frank |website=3dparks.wr.usgs.gov |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=December 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219131446/https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/parks/loc61.htm |url-status=live }}

Bay Ridge has a large elderly population. It has been called a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC) as many of its families have grown up in the neighborhood while their children moved away. In 2006, it was reported that 20% of the population of Bay Ridge was 60 years of age or more.{{cite news |title=Counting Graying Heads |first=Jake |last=Mooney |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/nyregion/thecity/01norc.htm |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 1, 2006 |page=6 |access-date=August 27, 2010 }}

Local newspapers include The Home Reporter, Sunset News, The Bay Ridge Courier, and Bay Ridge News. The neighborhood is also often covered by The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. These newspapers publish other local offshoots: The Home Reporter also publishes The Spectator; the Courier{{'}}s parent company also publishes The Brooklyn Paper; and the Eagle publishes a weekly digest called Bay Ridge Life.

In the 1990s and 2000s, many decades-old two-family houses were demolished and replaced by condominiums known colloquially as "Fedder Homes", after the branded air conditioners poking out from the buildings' facades. In 2005, local community leaders and community activists from across the political spectrum united to issue rezoning laws.{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/zone/zh_special_purp_bk.shtml |title=NYC Zoning - Zoning Districts |work=nyc.gov |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207051729/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/zone/zh_special_purp_bk.shtml |archive-date=December 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }} The six-story apartment complexes lining Shore Road are among the tallest buildings in the neighborhood.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/realestate/living-in-bay-ridge-brooklyn.html |title=Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a 'Small Town' in a Big City |last=Kripke |first=Pamela Gwyn |date=April 6, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=April 7, 2016 }}

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• 8200 Narrows Avenue House, (commonly referred to as the "Gingerbread House"), designed by James Sarsfield Kennedy in 1917, is a city landmark.
• American Veterans Memorial Pier (commonly referred to as the 69th Street Pier) at Bay Ridge Avenue and Shore Road is the community's key seaside recreation spot. Sports fishermen travel to fish the waters of "The Bay Ridge Anchorage" and along the seawall promenade that runs south from the pier to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and east along Gravesend Bay. The pier features a sculpture that emits a beam of light as a memorial to those who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Commuter ferry service operated between this pier and the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island from 1912 until 1964, the year the Verrazzano Bridge opened.{{cite news |url=http://www.heyridge.com/2015/08/before-ferry-service-returns-to-bay-ridge-a-look-back-at-the-neighborhoods-ferry-history/ |work=Hey Ridge |date=August 17, 2015 |title=Before Ferry Service Returns to Bay Ridge, a Look Back at the Neighborhood's Ferry History |access-date=August 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822002145/http://www.heyridge.com/2015/08/before-ferry-service-returns-to-bay-ridge-a-look-back-at-the-neighborhoods-ferry-history/ |url-status=live }} Ferry service to Wall Street and points along the western coast of Brooklyn began in 2017 from the pier as part of NYC Ferry's South Brooklyn route.{{cite web |title=Ferry Service Returns to Bay Ridge! |work=Hey Ridge |date=June 1, 2017 |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2017/06/ferry-service-returns-to-bay-ridge-photos/ |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=April 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420175730/https://www.heyridge.com/2017/06/ferry-service-returns-to-bay-ridge-photos/ |url-status=live }}
• Bennet-Farrell-Feldman House, located at 119 95th Street,{{Cite news |title=BENNET/FARRELL/FELDMANN HOUSE {{!}} Historic Districts Council's Six to Celebrate |url=https://6tocelebrate.org/site/bennetfarrellfeldmann-house/ |access-date=May 31, 2022 |newspaper=Historic Districts Council's Six to Celebrate - |date=August 12, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729073954/https://6tocelebrate.org/site/bennetfarrellfeldmann-house/ |url-status=live }} was built in 1847 and is now an official city landmark. An accompanying structure, thought to have been used as a barn, couldn't be saved and was demolished. Legend has it the house was turned so that its "widow's walk", a balcony that traditionally faces the sea so women left at home could watch for their husbands' ships, would no longer face the Narrows.Gray, Christopher. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/realestate/a-shore-road-mansion-now-obscured-from-shore.html "A Shore Road Mansion, Now Obscured From Shore"], The New York Times, August 17, 1997. Accessed January 2, 2025. "Today you can't even see the water from the Farrell house at 125 95th Street in Bay Ridge, for it was moved 100 feet back from Shore Road eight decades ago to escape demolition."
• Doctors' Row, a series of houses along Bay Ridge Pkwy between Fourth and Fifth Avenues (see {{Section link||Doctors' Row}})
• Fort Hamilton, an active military base near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (see {{Section link||Fort Hamilton Army Base}})
• The Houses at 216–264 Ovington Ave. were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.{{NRISref|version=2009a }}
• Owl's Head Park (also known as Bliss Park), in the neighborhood's northwest corner, was previously the private estate of the Bliss Family, for whom nearby Bliss Terrace is named. They sold what remained of the estate to the city in 1928 for $850,000, after Eliphalet Williams Bliss specified in his will 25 years earlier that he wanted the city to buy the land and convert it into parkland. Before them, a portion of the property was owned by Henry C. Murphy, a former Mayor of Brooklyn, ambassador, congressman and New York State Senator for whom the nearby Senator Street is named. Remnants of the estate—mansion, stable, observation tower—were still visible into the 1930s and 40s, when they were finally demolished, having been left to fall into disrepair.{{cite web |url=http://bklynr.com/the-forgotten-history-of-the-owls-head/ |title=The Forgotten History of the Owl's Head |date=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Bklynr |first=Henry |last=Stewart |access-date=January 22, 2015 |archive-date=January 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125071407/http://bklynr.com/the-forgotten-history-of-the-owls-head/ |url-status=live }} It is a {{convert|24|acre|m2|adj=on}} walking park{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/owls-head-park |title=Owl's Head Park |publisher=NYC Parks Department |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212013004/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/owls-head-park |url-status=live }} that has a state of the art skate park, dog run, children's playground and basketball courts; it has the first concrete skatepark built in Brooklyn.{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/capital/pd_proj_month_sept_01.html |title=Project of the Month September 2001; Millennium Skate Park Owl's Head Park |access-date=August 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622090624/http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/capital/pd_proj_month_sept_01.html |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• The Senator Street Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
• Shore Road Park New York Road Runners hosts a weekly {{Convert|3|mi|adj=on}} open run.{{cite web |title=Shore Road Park=NYRR |date=August 23, 2023 |last=Staff |first=NYRR |url=https://www.nyrr.org/openrun/parks/shore-road-park |access-date=August 23, 2023 }}
• Step streets are public staircases in the middle of a street. As a rule they were placed on hills that were too steep to build a road for cars but still allow access to pedestrians.{{Cite web |url=http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/STEP%20STREETS/steps.html |title=Steps |access-date=February 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303082018/http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/STEP%20STREETS/steps.html |archive-date=March 3, 2007 |url-status=dead }}
• St. John's Episcopal Church{{cite web |url=http://www.saintjohns1834.org/Saint_Johns/Welcome.html |title=Saint John's Episcopal Church |work=saintjohns1834.org |access-date=November 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120162540/http://www.saintjohns1834.org/Saint_Johns/Welcome.html |archive-date=November 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }} was where Robert E. Lee served as a vestryman and where his future "right hand", Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, was baptized.{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Clint |title=In the Footsteps of Stonewall Jackson |date=February 2002 |publisher=John F Blair Pub |isbn=0895872447 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780895872449/page/205 205–211] |edition=Later Printing |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780895872449/page/205 }} The building no longer hosts services.{{cite web |title=All the History That Will Be Lost if St. John's is Sold |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2015/11/all-the-history-that-will-be-lost-if-st-johns-is-sold/ |work=Hey Ridge |date=November 23, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528094641/https://www.heyridge.com/2015/11/all-the-history-that-will-be-lost-if-st-johns-is-sold/ |url-status=live }}

Historic Fort Hamilton Army Base is located in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, with gates in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, and is one of several posts that are part of the region which is headquartered by the Military District of Washington. Its mission is to provide the New York metropolitan area with military installation support for the Army National Guard and the United States Army Reserve. The base is considered to be part of Bay Ridge. The children stationed at the base are zoned into Bay Ridge schools.

Fort Hamilton houses one of the neighborhood's few cultural attractions, the Harbor Defense Museum.{{cite web |url=http://www.harbordefensemuseum.com/ |title=Harbor Defense Museum of Fort Hamilton |access-date=February 27, 2007 |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709183839/http://www.harbordefensemuseum.com/ |url-status=live }}

Doctors' Row is a series of rowhouses located on Bay Ridge Parkway between 4th and 5th Avenues, built in the 1900s and 1910s prior to the opening of the Fourth Avenue subway line. The 54 houses that comprise Doctors' Row, include elements of the Renaissance Revival architectural style, with some elements in the Colonial Revival style.{{Rp|7}} In 2019 the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission made Doctors' Row an official city-designated historic district, making it the first such district in the neighborhood.{{Cite web |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/6/25/18744530/nyc-doctors-row-becomes-bay-ridge-first-historic-district |title=Bay Ridge's 'Doctors' Row' becomes neighborhood's first historic district |last=Spivack |first=Caroline |date=June 25, 2019 |website=Curbed NY |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729074121/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/6/25/18744530/nyc-doctors-row-becomes-bay-ridge-first-historic-district |url-status=live }}

The NYPD's 68th Precinct is located at 333 65th Street.{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/68th-precinct.page |title=NYPD – 68th Precinct |website=www.nyc.gov |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-date=June 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605100632/http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/68th-precinct.page |url-status=live }} The 68th Precinct ranked 7th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/crime-safety-report/brooklyn/bay-ridge |title=Bay Ridge – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report |website=www.dnainfo.com |access-date=October 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302152555/https://www.dnainfo.com/crime-safety-report/brooklyn/bay-ridge/ |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |url-status=dead }} {{As of|2018}}, with a non-fatal assault rate of 23 per 100,000 people, Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights' rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 168 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.{{Rp|8}}

The 68th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 88.6% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 16 rapes, 59 robberies, 129 felony assaults, 96 burglaries, 387 grand larcenies, and 86 grand larcenies auto in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-068pct.pdf |title=68th Precinct CompStat Report |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191738/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-068pct.pdf |url-status=live }}

The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) contains two fire stations in Bay Ridge.{{Cite FDNY locations }} Engine Co. 241/Ladder Co. 109 is located at 6630 3rd Avenue.{{cite web |website=FDNYtrucks.com |title=Engine Company 241/Ladder Company 109 |url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e241.htm |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=January 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127014141/http://fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e241.htm |url-status=live }} Engine Co. 242, serving primarily Fort Hamilton, is located at 9219 5th Avenue.{{cite web |website=FDNYtrucks.com |title=Engine Company 242 |url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e242.htm |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025015651/http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e242.htm |url-status=live }}

{{As of|2018}}, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights than in other places citywide. In Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, there were 71 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 11.4 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).{{Rp|11}} Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights has a high population of residents who are uninsured, or who receive healthcare through Medicaid.[http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/dsrip/pps_applications/docs/maimonides_medical_center/3.8_maimonides_cna.pdf New York City Health Provider Partnership Brooklyn Community Needs Assessment: Final Report] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064434/https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/dsrip/pps_applications/docs/maimonides_medical_center/3.8_maimonides_cna.pdf |date=July 23, 2018 }}, New York Academy of Medicine (October 3, 2014). In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 15%, which is higher than the citywide rate of 12%.{{Rp|14}}

The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights is {{convert|0.0074|mg/m3|oz/ft3}}, lower than the citywide and boroughwide averages.{{Rp|9}} Twelve percent of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights residents are smokers, which is lower the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.{{Rp|13}} In Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, 28% of residents are obese, 15% are diabetic, and 31% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.{{Rp|16}} In addition, 16% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.{{Rp|12}}

Ninety-two percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is slightly higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 74% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%.{{Rp|13}} For every supermarket in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, there are 20 bodegas.{{Rp|10}}

The Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights/Bensonhurst area does not have any hospitals after the Victory Memorial Hospital was closed and converted to a nursing home by Joel Landau in 2010 (now known as the Hamilton Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center).{{cite web |last1=McGoldrick |first1=Meaghan |title=Possible partnership between Northwell and Maimonides in the works for Bay Ridge |url=http://brooklynreporter.com/story/possible-partnership-between-northwell-and-maimonides-in-the-works-for-bay-ridge/ |publisher=Brooklyn Reporter |date=December 30, 2016 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825114954/https://brooklynreporter.com/story/possible-partnership-between-northwell-and-maimonides-in-the-works-for-bay-ridge/ |url-status=live }} However, the Coney Island Hospital, NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn, and Maimonides Medical Center are located in nearby neighborhoods.{{rp|19–20}} Additionally, the BRAVO Volunteer Ambulance is run by the Bay Ridge Ambulance Volunteer Organization.{{cite web |url=http://www.bravoambulance.org/ |title=Bravo Volunteer Ambulance | Brooklyn Bayridge New York |publisher=Bravoambulance.org |date=March 18, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309122340/http://www.bravoambulance.org/ |url-status=live }}

Bay Ridge is covered mostly by ZIP Code 11209, though the small portion north of 65th Street is covered by ZIP Code 11220.{{cite web |title=Bay Ridge, New York City-Brooklyn, New York Zip Code Boundary Map (NY) |website=United States Zip Code Boundary Map (USA) |url=https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/Kings_County/Z_Bay_Ridge.htm |access-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829025324/https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/Kings_County/Z_Bay_Ridge.htm |url-status=dead }} The United States Post Office operates the Ovington Station at 6803 4th Avenue{{cite web |title=USPS Locations: Ovington |url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11226&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1376478&locationName=OVINGTON&address2=&address1=6803+4TH+AVE+STE+1 |access-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111629/https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11226&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1376478&locationName=OVINGTON&address2=&address1=6803+4TH+AVE+STE+1 |url-status=live }} and the Fort Hamilton Station at 8801 5th Avenue.{{cite web |title=USPS Locations: Fort Hamilton |url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11226&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1363780&locationName=FORT+HAMILTON&address2=&address1=8801+5TH+AVE |access-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111713/https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11226&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1363780&locationName=FORT%20HAMILTON&address2=&address1=8801%205TH%20AVE |url-status=live }}

For many years, Bay Ridge has been a relatively conservative enclave of Brooklyn.{{cite news |url=http://observer.com/2014/08/a-tale-of-two-boroughs-bill-de-blasio-rarely-visits-brooklyn-gop-strongholds/ |title=Bill de Blasio Rarely Visits Republican Strongholds in Brooklyn - Observer |author=Ross Barkan |date=August 19, 2014 |work=Observer |access-date=May 20, 2017 }} Mike Long, who served as chairman of the Conservative Party of New York from 1988 to 2019, owned a liquor store and resided in the district. The community is also considered a Republican stronghold. An exception was Democrat Sal Albanese, who was elected to the neighborhood's City Council seat in 1983, defeating the 21-year incumbent Republican-Conservative Minority Leader Angelo G. Arculeo, and went on to represent the district for 15 years. After the 1990 census, the area was split into two Assembly districts to eliminate a Republican Assembly Seat. The political landscape began to change with population shifts over the 1990s and early 2000s, when the multigenerational white ethnic population began to die or move from the area.

The community supported the Democratic Party during many presidential elections.{{Cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/24/nyregion/the-city-vote-precinct-by-precinct.html?ref=nyregion |title=The City Vote, Precinct by Precinct |access-date=November 20, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124003722/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/24/nyregion/the-city-vote-precinct-by-precinct.html?ref=nyregion |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/11/9/13579028/election-2016-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-nyc-voters |title=Did your NYC neighborhood vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? |work=Curbed NY |access-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124003656/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/11/9/13579028/election-2016-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-nyc-voters |url-status=live }} In the 2010s, the neighborhood increasingly supported Democrats, such as City Councilmember Justin Brannan (elected in 2017).{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2017/45/br-ridge-council-race-brannan-2017-11-10-bk.html |title=Justin time: Ridge voters elect Democrat in tight Council race • Brooklyn Daily |date=November 10, 2017 |website=Brooklyn Daily |access-date=August 7, 2018 |archive-date=August 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807190200/https://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2017/45/br-ridge-council-race-brannan-2017-11-10-bk.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/this-punk-rocking-councilman-is-energizing-brooklyn-dems/ |title=This punk-rocking councilman is energizing Brooklyn Dems |date=November 19, 2018 |work=New York Post |access-date=November 20, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729074125/https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/this-punk-rocking-councilman-is-energizing-brooklyn-dems/ |url-status=live }} and state senator Andrew Gounardes (elected in 2018, defeating longtime Republican Marty Golden).{{cite web |last=Katinas |first=Paula |title=Behind the Numbers: How Gounardes Won State Senate Race |website=The Brooklyn Home Reporter |date=November 20, 2018 |url=https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/11/behind-the-numbers-how-gounardes-won-state-senate-race/ |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206142938/https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/11/behind-the-numbers-how-gounardes-won-state-senate-race/ |url-status=live }}

The neighborhood is part of New York's 11th congressional district, represented by Republican Nicole Malliotakis {{as of|2021|lc=y}}.{{cite web |title=U.S. House Election Results 2018 |website=The New York Times |date=January 28, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-house-elections.html |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119182007/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-house-elections.html |url-status=live }} It is also part of the 26th State Senate district, represented by Gounardes,{{cite web |url=https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=2022_senate |title=2022 Senate District Maps: New York City |publisher=The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment |date=2022 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207212631/https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=2022_senate |url-status=live }} and the 46th, 51st and 64th State Assembly districts, represented respectively by Republican Alec Brook-Krasny, Democrat Marcela Mitaynes and Republican Michael Tannousis.{{cite web |url=https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=2024_assembly |title=2024 Assembly District Maps: New York City |publisher=The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment |date=2024 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729074128/https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=2024_assembly |url-status=live }}

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Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights have a ratio of college-educated residents similar to the rest of the city's {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. Forty-six percent of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 19% have less than a high school education, and 35% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 40% of Brooklynites and 38% of city residents have a college education or higher.{{Rp|6}} The percentage of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights students excelling in reading and math has been increasing, with reading achievement rising from 51 percent in 2000 to 52 percent in 2011, and math achievement rising from 49 percent to 71 percent within the same time period.{{Cite web |url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/BK_04_11.pdf |title=Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights – BK 10 |date=2011 |publisher=Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy |access-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918061803/http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/BK_04_11.pdf |url-status=live }}

Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights' rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City's. In Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, 8% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, compared to the citywide average of 20% of students.{{Rp|6}}{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}} Additionally, 82% of high school students in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights graduate on time, higher than the citywide average of 75% of students.{{Rp|6}}

The New York City Department of Education operates area public schools. Educational institutions in Bay Ridge include PS 102,{{cite web |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K102/default.htm?searchType=school |title=Welcome to the Bay View School |date=January 12, 2015 |work=nyc.gov |access-date=September 24, 2007 |archive-date=December 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223204928/http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K102/default.htm?searchType=school |url-status=live }} PS 170, PS 127, PS 185{{cite web |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K185/default.htm?searchType=school |title=Welcome |date=January 13, 2015 |work=nyc.gov }} (Walter Kassenbrock Elementary School), PS 104{{cite web |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K104/default.htm?searchType=school |title=The Magnet School of Museum Studies |date=January 12, 2015 |work=nyc.gov |access-date=September 24, 2007 |archive-date=December 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223171645/http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K104/default.htm?searchType=school |url-status=live }} (called the Fort Hamilton School), PS 264{{cite web |url=http://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K264/ |title=Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts |date=February 22, 2019 |work=nyc.gov |access-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131751/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K264 |url-status=live }} (Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts), Lutheran Elementary School, Bay Ridge Catholic Academy (formerly St. Anselm's Roman Catholic School), PS/IS 30{{cite web |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K030/default.htm?searchType=school |title=Welcome |date=April 28, 2015 |work=nyc.gov |access-date=September 24, 2007 |archive-date=December 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223204921/http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K030/default.htm?searchType=school |url-status=live }} (also known as Mary White Ovington), PS 413 Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine,{{cite web | last=Russo-Lennon | first=Barbara | title=These are the 24 new public schools in NYC | website=amNewYork | date=September 5, 2024 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/new-public-schools-in-nyc-2024-locations/ | access-date=September 6, 2024}} IS 259 (also known as William McKinley Junior High School), Fort Hamilton High School, and High School of Telecommunications (originally all-girls Bay Ridge High School).

There are also parochial or private schools in Bay Ridge. These include Angels Catholic Academy,{{cite web |url=http://www.holyangelsbayridge.org/ |title=Home |work=holyangelsbayridge.org |access-date=October 27, 2009 |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109131021/http://www.holyangelsbayridge.org/ |url-status=live }} Bay Ridge Preparatory School,{{cite web |url=http://www.bayridgeprep.org/ |title=Bay Ridge Prep - An Independent K-12 College Preparatory School - Brooklyn, New York |work=bayridgeprep.org |access-date=July 14, 2007 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929213221/http://www.bayridgeprep.org/ |url-status=live }} Poly Prep Country Day School, Visitation Academy, Adelphi Academy, Fontbonne Hall Academy, St. Patrick Elementary School, D., G. Kaloidis Parochial School,{{cite web |url=http://www.dgkschool.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029154315/http://dgkschool.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 29, 2009 |title=DIMITRIOS & GEORGIA KALOIDIS PAROCHIAL SCHOOL |work=dgkschool.com }} and Xaverian High School. Fort Hamilton High School, between 83rd and 85th streets, was erected in the 1940s on the grounds of the Crescent Athletic Club, a country club.

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) operates two public libraries in the neighborhood. The Bay Ridge Library, located at 7223 Ridge Boulevard at 73rd Street, is the larger of the two.[https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/bay-ridge Bay Ridge Library], Brooklyn Public Library. Accessed January 2, 2025. The Bay Ridge Reading Club first organized the library in 1880. It opened on its present site in 1896 and became a BPL branch in 1901. The current two-story facility opened in 1960. In 2004 it received a $2.1 million renovation, including new furniture and shelving, new lighting equipment, a new roof, and 27 additional public access computers.{{cite web |title=Bay Ridge Library |website=Brooklyn Public Library |date=October 27, 2010 |url=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/bay-ridge |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403001225/https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/bay-ridge |url-status=live }}

The Fort Hamilton Library, located at 9424 Fourth Avenue between 94th and 95th Streets, was built as a Carnegie library in 1906. The current branch's predecessor became a part of the BPL system in 1901 and moved to its current location in 1905. Since then it has gone through numerous renovations. The most recent renovation was completed in March 2011.{{cite web |title=Fort Hamilton Library |website=Brooklyn Public Library |date=August 19, 2011 |url=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/fort-hamilton |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729074254/https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/fort-hamilton |url-status=live }}

The area is served by the {{NYCS trains|Fourth far south}} on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway between Bay Ridge Avenue and 95th Street.{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |title=Subway Map |website=web.mta.info |access-date=November 24, 2014 |archive-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611031553/http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |url-status=live }}

Additionally, there are MTA express bus routes {{NYC bus link|X27|X37}} which mainly serve for the commute to Manhattan, but also run during off-peak hours on weekdays. The X27 also runs on weekends. The routes {{NYC bus link|X28|X38}} also serve the eastern part of Bay Ridge. Many Bay Ridge commuters opt for the relative comfort and convenience of the express bus, even though it costs more than the subway. Bay Ridge is readily accessible by car, encircled by the Belt Parkway and Gowanus Expressway. Local bus routes include {{NYC bus link|B1|B4|B8|B9|B16|B37|B63|B64|B70|S53|S79 SBS|S93}}.{{Cite NYC bus map|B }}

The freight-only Bay Ridge Branch connects car floats to the Long Island Rail Road.

In June 2017, Bay Ridge became the terminus of NYC Ferry's South Brooklyn route.{{cite web |url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/south-brooklyn/ |title=Routes and Schedules: South Brooklyn |publisher=NYC Ferry |access-date=July 13, 2017 |archive-date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627214932/https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/south-brooklyn/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160303/astoria/citywide-ferry-service-launch-june-2017-official-says |title=Citywide Ferry Service to Launch in June 2017, Official Says |date=March 3, 2016 |website=DNAinfo New York |access-date=September 22, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923101354/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160303/astoria/citywide-ferry-service-launch-june-2017-official-says |archive-date=September 23, 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-York-City-Citywide-Ferry-Service-Hornblower-2017-372257472.html |title=New York City's Ferry Service Set to Launch in 2017 |work=NBC New York |access-date=May 9, 2016 |archive-date=May 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510015020/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-York-City-Citywide-Ferry-Service-Hornblower-2017-372257472.html |url-status=live }}

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• Sal Albanese (born 1949), politician who served as a member of the New York City CouncilHernandez, Javier C. [https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/park-slope-cradle-of-candidates/ "Democratic Candidates Recall Their Humbler Abodes"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002184423/https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/park-slope-cradle-of-candidates/ |date=October 2, 2019 }}, The New York Times, April 19, 2013. Accessed July 2, 2019. "Sal F. Albanese, 63, a former city councilman from Brooklyn, seized the opportunity. While he now lives in a $1 million home in Bay Ridge, he said he had once lived in Park Slope — in 1969, 'when it was a working-class neighborhood,' he said — for $60 a month."
• Maria Bartiromo (born 1967), Fox News anchor, grew up in Bay Ridge, where her family owned an Italian restaurant{{cite news |title=Questions Grow About a Top CNBC Anchor |first=Landon Jr. |last=Thomas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/business/media/12bartiromo.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2007 |access-date=October 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012144747/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/business/media/12bartiromo.html |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}
• Bob Berg (1951-2002), jazz saxophonistAwerin, Mike. [http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/miles/rhemiles6.htm "Bob Berg: Rebel With A Cause"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702144502/http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/miles/rhemiles6.htm |date=July 2, 2019 }}, Son of Miles, May 7, 1998. Accessed July 2, 2019. "For example, he was married and he and his wife and two children lived in a house with a backyard in the same Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn where he grew up."
• Alexis Bittar (born 1968), jewelry designer and CEOMurphy, Tim. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/fashion/alexis-bittars-new-designs-leave-lucite-behind.html "The Evolution of a Jewelry Prince"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507020155/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/fashion/alexis-bittars-new-designs-leave-lucite-behind.html |date=May 7, 2021 }}, The New York Times, February 21, 2012. Accessed January 3, 2021. "To hear Mr. Bittar tell it, he went through it. He was born and raised in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to a Syrian-Christian father and an Irish-Catholic mother, computer-science professors who traded antiques and designed dresses to supplement their income."
• Richard Bright (1937-2006), actorPalan, Michael. [https://www.looper.com/1030601/goodfellas-and-sopranos-actors-who-were-also-in-the-godfather-movies/ "Goodfellas And Sopranos Actors Who Were Also In The Godfather Movies"], Looper.com, January 23, 2023. Accessed January 2, 2025. "There are only five actors who appeared in all three Godfather films: Al Pacino, actress (and Coppola's sister) Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, Tere Livrano (who played Tom Hagen's wife) and Richard Bright. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn-bred Bright first crossed paths with Pacino, playing his brother, in 1971's The Panic in Needle Park, and a year later became his bodyguard and assassin Al Neri in The Godfather."
• Jason Calacanis (born 1970), technology entrepreneur and founder of Silicon Alley ReporterStaff. [https://www.vox.com/2017/4/12/15262830/transcript-podcaster-entrepreneur-angel-investor-jason-calacanis-recode-media "Full transcript: Podcaster, entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Calacanis on Recode Media; 'I happen to have the brain chemistry, I believe, that is exactly designed for gambling.'"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702144502/https://www.vox.com/2017/4/12/15262830/transcript-podcaster-entrepreneur-angel-investor-jason-calacanis-recode-media |date=July 2, 2019 }}, Recode, April 12, 2017. Accessed July 2, 2019. "[Q] You grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. [A] Correct."
• Ron Chernow (born 1949), biographer{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hamilton-biographer-ron-chernow-finds-new-yorks-quietest-home-1471963341 |title="Hamilton Biographer Ron Chernow Finds New York's 'Quietest' Home," Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2016 ("I was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, in a hospital that overlooked the spot in 1776 where the British crossed from Staten Island before facing Washington in the Battle of Brooklyn.") |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130001820/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hamilton-biographer-ron-chernow-finds-new-yorks-quietest-home-1471963341 |url-status=live }}
• Chuck Connors (1921-1992), actor of The Rifleman fame, grew up on Senator Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, and attended Adelphi AcademyLambert, Bruce. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/11/arts/chuck-connors-actor-71-dies-starred-as-television-s-rifleman.html "Chuck Connors, Actor, 71, Dies; Starred as Television's 'Rifleman'"], The New York Times, November 11, 1992. Accessed January 2, 2025. "Despite his western image, Mr. Connors was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. His first name was originally Kevin."
• Bill Corbett (born 1960), writer and actor known for his work on the later seasons of Mystery Science Theater 3000Chiu, David. [https://brooklynbased.com/2015/04/16/rifftrax-bill-corbett-interview/ "RiffTrax Will Bring the Funny to The Room at the Tribeca Film Festival"], Brooklyn Based, March 14, 2018. Accessed January 2, 2025. "Corbett—who is originally from Bay Ridge and attended Xaverian High School—says he’d known about The Room for a while."
• C. C. DeVille (born 1962 as Bruce Anthony Johannesson), guitarist of the 1980s glam band Poison grew up in Bay Ridge, attending P.S. 102, McKinley JHS, and Fort Hamilton H.S.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}\
• Calvert DeForest (1921-2007), actor and comedian (known for his character Larry "Bud" Melman){{Cite web |url=https://people.com/archive/calvert-deforest-a-k-a-larry-bud-melman-1921-2007-vol-67-no-14 |title=Calvert DeForest, A.K.A. Larry 'Bud' Melman 1921-2007 |access-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705073153/https://people.com/archive/calvert-deforest-a-k-a-larry-bud-melman-1921-2007-vol-67-no-14/ |url-status=live }}
• Chris Distefano (born 1984), comedian from Guy Code, Girl Code, Bay Ridge Boys and History Hyenas{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
• Jimmy Fallon (born 1974), television host, comedian, actor, singer, musician, and producer{{cite news |title=Bay Ridge-born Jimmy Fallon Takes Over Tonight Show |first=Paula |last=Katinas |url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/2/18/bay-ridge-born-jimmy-fallon-takes-over-%E2%80%98-tonight-show%E2%80%99 |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=February 18, 2014 |access-date=August 19, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051601/http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/2/18/bay-ridge-born-jimmy-fallon-takes-over-%E2%80%98-tonight-show%E2%80%99 |url-status=live }}
• Joel Gertner (born 1975), professional wrestling TV personality, a graduate of Poly Prep, and current resident of Bay Ridge{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
• Robert Ginty (1948-2009) actor who played Lt. T.J. Wiley in TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
• John Gray, creator and writer of the Ghost Whisperer TV seriesBennett, Bruce. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704399804576193371939250278 "Channeling Bay Ridge Past; Brooklyn Director Sets a Coming-of-Age Film in the Neighborhood of His Youth"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702144505/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704399804576193371939250278 |date=July 2, 2019 }}, The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2011. Accessed July 2, 2019. "According to the Brooklyn-born writer and director John Gray, setting his film White Irish Drinkers in the mid-'70s Bay Ridge of his youth and shooting it in the same neighborhood 35 years later offered one immediate practical hurdle."
• Emmett Grogan (1942-1978), novelist and counterculture icon{{cite news |title=Did a Cult Writer Grow Up in Bay Ridge and Then Lie About It? |first=Henry |last=Stewart |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2015/07/did-a-cult-writer-grow-up-in-bay-ridge-and-then-lie-about-it/ |work=Hey Ridge |date=July 6, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729074247/https://www.heyridge.com/2015/07/did-a-cult-writer-grow-up-in-bay-ridge-and-then-lie-about-it/ |url-status=live }}
• James Hayden (1953-1983), actor best known for his role in Once Upon a Time in AmericaFreedman, Samuel G. [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/09/obituaries/actor-who-played-an-addict-dies-apparently-of-overdose.html "Actor Who Played An Addict Dies, Apparently Of Overdose"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426125537/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/09/obituaries/actor-who-played-an-addict-dies-apparently-of-overdose.html |date=April 26, 2019 }}, The New York Times, November 9, 1983. Accessed July 2, 2019. "Mr. Hayden's life had taken him from a troubled childhood in Brooklyn to the verge of stardom. He ran away from his home in Bay Ridge when he was 14, said Michael Urban, a friend who was a member of the crew of American Buffalo, and he occasionally supported himself by singing in Herald Square."
• Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863), Confederate General, once stationed at Fort Hamilton{{cite news |title=The Fort Hamilton Streets Named for American Traitors |url=http://www.heyridge.com/2015/06/the-fort-hamilton-streets-named-for-american-traitors/ |work=Hey Ridge |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=August 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801143425/http://www.heyridge.com/2015/06/the-fort-hamilton-streets-named-for-american-traitors/ |url-status=live }}
• Willard F. Jones (1890-1967), naval architect, head of National Safety Council's marine section and Vice President of Gulf Oil{{cite news |title=Willard F. Jones, 77, Gulf Oil Executive |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/20/archives/willard-f-jones-77-gulf-oil-executive.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 20, 1967 |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-date=July 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711093939/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/20/archives/willard-f-jones-77-gulf-oil-executive.html |url-status=live }}
• Jackie Kelk (1923-2002), actor{{cite news |title=Juvenile Screen Crown Reached for by Boy Star Formerly of Bay Ridge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58002237/ |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=June 15, 1932 |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220205956/https://www.newspapers.com/image/58002237/ |url-status=live }}
• Walter Kelleher (?-1970), photographer[https://archive.today/20130121071229/http://www1.dailynewspix.com/sales/searchResults.php?searchDisplay=S&searchAction=simpleSearch&searchVal=Walter+Kelleher&Submit.x=33&Submit.y=3 Daily News Archive of Walter Kelleher Pictures]
• June Kirby (1928–2022), actress and modelCail, Howard L. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121236062/goldwyn-quintet-in-guys-and-dolls/ "Here’s A Goldwyn Quintet In Guys And Dolls"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320015854/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121236062/goldwyn-quintet-in-guys-and-dolls/ |date=March 20, 2023 }}, Evening Express, September 15, 1955. Accessed March 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "June.... A native of Bay Ridge, N.Y., she grew up in Jersey City. Following high school Miss Kirbv went back over the Hudson River to train as a model and study dramatics"
• Lordz of Brooklyn members Adam "ADM" McLeer and Michael "Mr. Kaves" McLeer – born in and still resides in Bay Ridge{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
• Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Confederate General, once stationed at Fort Hamilton
• Nadine Macaluso (born 1967), psychologist and former modelHaglund, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-nadine-belfort-in-wolf-o/130490882/ "How accurate is Wolf of Wall Street?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823020823/https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-nadine-belfort-in-wolf-o/130490882/ |date=August 23, 2023 }}, Concord Monitor, January 2, 2014. Accessed August 22, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Belfort divorced Denise Lombardo, called Teresa in the movie, after meeting Nadine Caridi at a Stratton Oakmont party.... In both the book and the movie Belfort calls her the Duchess of Bay Ridge (or just the Duchess for short) because she was born in England but grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn."
• Kevin Matthews (born 1983), professional wrestler better known under the ring name "KM" for Impact Wrestling{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
• Allyn Ann McLerie (1926-2018), actress known for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Punky Brewster and more.{{cite news |title=Allyn Ann McLerie, Actress in "Where's Charley?" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" Dies at 91 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allyn-ann-mclerie-dead-wheres-charley-they-shoot-horses-dont-they-actress-dies-at-91-1115247 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 28, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412142700/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allyn-ann-mclerie-dead-wheres-charley-they-shoot-horses-dont-they-actress-dies-at-91-1115247 |url-status=live }}
• Giulia Melucci (born 1966), author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, grew up in Bay Ridge and attended Visitation AcademyJaworski, Ken. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/nyregion/a-review-of-i-loved-i-lost-i-made-spaghetti-in-new-brunswick.html "Cooking for Her Men, and Serving the Audience"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702151450/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/nyregion/a-review-of-i-loved-i-lost-i-made-spaghetti-in-new-brunswick.html |date=July 2, 2019 }}, The New York Times, March 21, 2014. Accessed July 2, 2019. "This good-natured one-woman show at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick is based on Giulia Melucci's memoir of the same name.... From her early life in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, through her eventual jobs in publishing in Manhattan, Giulia has a knack for becoming tangled in problematic relationships."
• Daniel J. Murphy (1922-2001), US Navy Admiral, chief of staff to George H. W. Bush during his first term as vice president{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
• Yannis Pappas, comedian who has appeared in Bay Ridge Boys and History HyenasCohen, Joyce. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/realestate/a-bachelor-pad-for-a-brooklyncomedian.html "A Bachelor Pad for a Brooklyn Comedian"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702151454/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/realestate/a-bachelor-pad-for-a-brooklyncomedian.html |date=July 2, 2019 }}, The New York Times, January 7, 2016. Accessed July 2, 2019. "Yannis Pappas found a one-bedroom in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn."
• Larry Ray (born 1959), criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison{{Cite news |last=Bekiempis |first=Victoria |date=2023-01-20 |title=US 'cult' leader given 60 years in prison for sexual and emotional abuse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/us-cult-leader-larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-college |access-date=2023-11-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}[https://people.com/crime/who-is-larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-sex-cult-leader/ "Who Is Larry Ray? Everything to Know About the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult Leader,"] People.
• Pee Wee Reese (1918-1999), shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers who lived in a brick duplex at 9712 Barwell Terrace, off 97th Street.{{cite news |title=Brooklyn Mourns Dodger Who Anchored a Borough |first=Andy |last=Newman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/16/nyregion/brooklyn-mourns-dodger-who-anchored-a-borough.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 16, 1999 |access-date=October 14, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729074303/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/16/nyregion/brooklyn-mourns-dodger-who-anchored-a-borough.html |url-status=live }}
• Jerry Rosenberg (born c. 1934), owner of JGE Appliance Stores, and pitchman of various local businesses in the New York Tri-State area throughout the 1970s{{Cite web |url=http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SLICES/5th.ave.signs/5.signs.html |title=5.signs |access-date=September 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124205930/http://forgotten-ny.com/SLICES/5th.ave.signs/5.signs.html |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
• Lillian Russell (1860-1922), operetta singer and vaudeville actressWinerip, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/nyregion/strict-but-trusted-sister-dolores-is-irreplaceable-at-fontbonne.html "Strict but Trusted, Nun Who Leads Girls’ School Is Irreplaceable"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702151449/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/nyregion/strict-but-trusted-sister-dolores-is-irreplaceable-at-fontbonne.html |date=July 2, 2019 }}, The New York Times, May 13, 2012. Accessed July 2, 2019. "The school is in Bay Ridge, at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, in the mansion that Diamond Jim Brady bought for the actress Lillian Russell."
• Hubert Selby Jr. (1928-2004), novelist (Last Exit to Brooklyn, Requiem for a Dream){{cite news |title=Fifty Years Later, Looking for Last Exit |first=Henry |last=Stewart |url=http://bklynr.com/fifty-years-later-looking-for-last-exit/ |date=October 10, 2014 |access-date=December 1, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407190521/http://bklynr.com/fifty-years-later-looking-for-last-exit/ |url-status=live }}McLellan, Dennis. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-28-me-selby28-story.html "Hubert Selby Jr., 75; Wrote Existential Novels"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702144457/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-28-me-selby28-story.html |date=July 2, 2019 }}, Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2004. Accessed July 2, 2019. "The son of a hard-drinking marine engineer, Selby grew up primarily in the middle-class Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge."
• Frank Seminara (born 1967), former professional baseball playerEskenazi, Gerald. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/25/sports/baseball-saberhagen-comes-up-one-strike-short.html "Baseball; Saberhagen Comes Up One Strike Short"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702144502/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/25/sports/baseball-saberhagen-comes-up-one-strike-short.html |date=July 2, 2019 }}, The New York Times, April 25, 1993. Accessed July 2, 2019. "He knew that the Padres' young hurler, Frank Seminara of Brooklyn's Xaverian High School and Columbia University, was giving the Mets trouble.... Seminara had made a 3,000-mile trip back to New York, brought in 50 family members and friends from Bay Ridge and wound up pitching a strong five and two-thirds innings."
• Brandon Silvestry (born 1979), professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Low Ki.Feeney, Michael J. [https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/leaving-wwe-marks-brand-new-beginning-brooklyn-native-brandon-silvestry-article-1.154418 "Leaving WWE marks a brand new beginning for Brooklyn native Brandon Silvestry"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702144502/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/leaving-wwe-marks-brand-new-beginning-brooklyn-native-brandon-silvestry-article-1.154418 |date=July 2, 2019 }}, New York Daily News, January 28, 2011. Accessed July 2, 2019. "'There's this thing about Brooklyn. The sense of pride is huge,' said Silvestry - who now lives in Tampa, Fla. - on a recent visit to his family in Bay Ridge. 'I started out here. I never forgot where I came from.'"
• Duke Snider (1926-2011), Brooklyn Dodger, rented 178 Marine Avenue during the baseball season{{cite news |title=When Players Like Duke Snider Were Also Neighbors |first=Manny |last=Fernandez |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/nyregion/01flatbush.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 28, 2011 |access-date=October 14, 2013 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829025326/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/nyregion/01flatbush.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}
• Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006), novelist, poet, and editor{{cite news |title=Where Did Bay Ridge's Best Novelist Live? |first=Henry |last=Stewart |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2015/07/where-did-bay-ridges-best-novelist-live/ |work=Hey Ridge |date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=May 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529033833/https://www.heyridge.com/2015/07/where-did-bay-ridges-best-novelist-live/ |url-status=live }}
• Janet Yellen (born 1946), current United States Secretary of the Treasury and former Chair of the Federal Reserve, attended Fort Hamilton High School and lived on Ridge Boulevard{{cite news |title=A Glimpse of Yellen's Career, Chronicled in Her High School Newspaper |first=Vivian |last=Yee |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/a-glimpse-of-yellens-career-chronicled-in-her-high-school-newspaper/ |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=September 17, 2014 |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104121426/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/a-glimpse-of-yellens-career-chronicled-in-her-high-school-newspaper/ |url-status=live }}
• Henny Youngman (1906-1998), comedian{{cite news |first=Mervyn |last=Rothstein |title=Henny Youngman, King of the One-Liners, Is Dead at 91 After 6 Decades of Laughter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/25/arts/henny-youngman-king-of-the-one-liners-is-dead-at-91-after-6-decades-of-laughter.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 25, 1998 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112095834/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/25/arts/henny-youngman-king-of-the-one-liners-is-dead-at-91-after-6-decades-of-laughter.html |url-status=live }}

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• Between Two Moons, Aisha Abdel Gawad's debut novel, is set in the Arab immigrant community of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, during the month of Ramadan.{{cite web |title=Between Two Moons by Aisha Abdel Gawad: 9780385548618 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705541/between-two-moons-by-aisha-abdel-gawad/ |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |access-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411155114/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705541/between-two-moons-by-aisha-abdel-gawad/ |url-status=live }}
• Two of Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder novels, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes and A Walk Among the Tombstones, are partially set in Bay Ridge.{{cite web |title=The Bay Ridge Canon: Lawrence Block Crime Novels |work=Hey Ridge |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2017/01/the-bay-ridge-canon-lawrence-block-crime-novels-interview/ |date=January 3, 2017 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821170554/https://www.heyridge.com/2017/01/the-bay-ridge-canon-lawrence-block-crime-novels-interview/ |url-status=live }}
• Kenneth H. Brown's The Narrows (1970) is set in Bay Ridge during the 1950s.{{cite web |title=The Bay Ridge Canon: The Narrows by Kenneth H. Brown |work=Hey Ridge |url=https://www.heyridge.com/2016/09/the-bay-ridge-canon-the-narrows-by-kenneth-h-brown-interview/ |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117165620/http://www.heyridge.com/2016/09/the-bay-ridge-canon-the-narrows-by-kenneth-h-brown-interview/ |url-status=live }}
• The Fort Hamilton army base is the setting for most of Nelson DeMille's novel Word of Honor (1985).{{cite web |url=http://www.heyridge.com/2015/07/the-bay-ridge-canon-word-of-honor-by-nelson-demille/ |title=The Bay Ridge Canon: Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille |last1=Stewart |first1=Henry |date=July 24, 2015 |website=Hey Ridge |access-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725012857/http://www.heyridge.com/2015/07/the-bay-ridge-canon-word-of-honor-by-nelson-demille/ |url-status=live }}
• Tom McDonough's novel Virgin with Child is set in Bay Ridge.{{cite web |url=http://www.heyridge.com/2015/08/the-bay-ridge-canon-virgin-with-child-by-tom-mcdonough-interview/ |title=The Bay Ridge Canon: Virgin with Child by Tom McDonough |last1=Stewart |first1=Henry |date=August 5, 2015 |website=Hey Ridge |access-date=August 5, 2015 |archive-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808040632/http://www.heyridge.com/2015/08/the-bay-ridge-canon-virgin-with-child-by-tom-mcdonough-interview/ |url-status=live }}
• Several short stories by Hubert Selby, Jr. are set in the neighborhood, including "Liebesnacht" and "Double Feature".{{cite book |last1=Selby |first1=Hubert |title=Song of the Silent Snow |date=1986 |pages=1–4, 19–30, 57–78 }} Some of his novels are also set in the neighborhood or nearby, like Last Exit to Brooklyn and The Demon.{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Henry |title=Fifty Years Later, Looking for Last Exit |url=http://bklynr.com/fifty-years-later-looking-for-last-exit/ |website=Bklynr |access-date=April 21, 2015 |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407190521/http://bklynr.com/fifty-years-later-looking-for-last-exit/ |url-status=live }}
• Several novels by Gilbert Sorrentino are set in the neighborhood, including Steelwork, Red the Fiend, Crystal Vision, A Strange Commonplace, Little Casino, and The Abyss of Human Illusion.{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Henry |title=Gilbert Sorrentino: The Lost Laureate of Brooklyn |url=http://electricliterature.com/gilbert-sorrentino-the-lost-laureate-of-brooklyn/ |website=Electric Literature |date=August 11, 2014 }}

• The movie Saturday Night Fever (1977) was set in Bay Ridge as well as Sunset Park and Bensonhurst{{cite web |title=Reel Brooklyn: Saturday Night Fever |work=Brooklyn Magazine |url=http://www.bkmag.com/2016/11/07/reel-brooklyn-saturday-night-fever-bay-ridge/ |date=November 7, 2016 |first=Henry |last=Stewart |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127084254/http://www.bkmag.com/2016/11/07/reel-brooklyn-saturday-night-fever-bay-ridge/ |url-status=live }}
• The film White Irish Drinkers (2010), directed by John Gray, is set in Bay Ridge{{cite web |url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/03/23/white-irish-drinkers-director-i-love-saturday-night-fever |title=White Irish Drinkers Director: "I Love Saturday Night Fever!" |work=The L Magazine |date=March 23, 2011 |access-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107204226/http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/03/23/white-irish-drinkers-director-i-love-saturday-night-fever |url-status=live }}

• NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) on CBS-TV's Blue Bloods lives in Bay Ridge; his home at 8070 Harbor View Terrace, near Fort Hamilton High School, is seen in each episode{{cite web |url=http://blog.coldwellbanker.com/blue-bloods-the-best-dining-room-on-tv/ |title=Blue Bloods - The Best Dining Room on TV |date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212003825/http://blog.coldwellbanker.com/blue-bloods-the-best-dining-room-on-tv/ |url-status=live }}
• The 2012 reality series Brooklyn 11223 was set in Bay Ridge{{cite web |title=Bay Ridge is Really Pissed About This New Reality Show |url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/2012/02/bay-ridge-is-really-pissed-about-this-new-reality-show/ |work=The L Magazine |date=February 23, 2012 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926142107/http://www.thelmagazine.com/2012/02/bay-ridge-is-really-pissed-about-this-new-reality-show/ |url-status=dead }}
• Peggy Olson, the Norwegian-American copywriter on AMC's Mad Men, is from Bay Ridge.{{cite news |url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/2013/04/mad-mens-native-brooklynite-explains-the-mystery-of-her-heritage/ |title=Mad Men's Native Brooklynite Explains the Mystery of Her Heritage |magazine=The L Magazine }} In the second episode of Season One, she declared, "I'm from Bay Ridge. We have manners."

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• Rygg, Andreas Nilsen. Norwegians in New York, 1825–1925 (Brooklyn, New York: Norwegian News Co. 1941)

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