The parish of St. Mary’s, Ridge Boulevard and 81st Street, recently celebrated its centennial. 1) | Larry Elder | POLITICS | Rubin Report - Duration: 21:42. I like to look at maps of Brooklyn and reminisce of my childhood there. This was great! I was born in 1953. It may have been a farmhouse and likely goes back to the Irishtown days. Trulia User. The last burial took place in 1848. His estate, Owls Head, featured an observatory known as the Bayard Tower. On the map, the roads in purple were already paved and the ones in the dotted lines were still planned. My grandfather, E.J. The little league played there, and St. Patrick’s School used them for a school year-end field day before the property was sold in the early 70’s, if I recall right. Rust is beginning to take a toll. It will always be 69street that where the Staten Island Ferry was located the only way from Brooklyn to Staten Island Before the bridge. The apartment building on 72 St seems pretty old to me and was wondering when it was built. The athletic fields you mention on 99th Street used to belong to St. Patrick’s. Thank you for sharing your story. It’s a wild Tudor with great detailing like stucco, black and white checkerboard linoleum and even a small shelf both sides of the entrance to put a planter. The Rubin Report Recommended for you The Belt Parkway, officially known as Shore Parkway between the Gowanus Expressway and Laurelton Parkway in Queens, was originally called the Circumferential Parkway and was built on landfill mostly along the shores of Brooklyn and Queens from 1938-1940. In addition, several elevated stations on the Astoria Line are getting similar treatment. Born in CA in 1940. I was fascinated with the place when I bicycled here using the Belt Parkway bike path. In July 2018 I was in Bay Ridge for one last lunch at its Nathan’s at 7th Avenue and 86th Street, which has been there since the 1970s; before that, it was another roadside fast food place. Bay Ridge Hospital, 437 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn. Fort Hamilton had been nicknamed Irishtown since 1825, when Irish escaping from British oppression started arriving here. Flagg Court, 7200 Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge. Lots of wonderful memories. That story is untrue, but some workers did lose their lives in falls during construction. Powered by two, twelve cylinder, EMD 12-645-E2 diesel engines. Bay Ridge’s Adelphi Academy was founded in 1863 by two teachers from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Aaron Chadwick and Dr. Edward S. Bunker, and opened on Fort Greene’s Adelphi Street, a name that comes from the Greek term for “brotherhood” (cf. The nearby Roman Catholic parish, St. Patrick’s, originated the same year. Lots of memories. The corner once held a conical turret, brought down in 1937 by a storm. I have some questions about the layout of Bay Ridge streets and thought you might be able to answer them. In 1867 he founded the machine shops that became the E. W. Bliss Company and the United States Projectile Company. The complex was socially innovative, as well, as it included a tea room, auditorium, swimming pool, bowling alley, tennis and handball courts, and a nursery school to allow the building’s mothers three hours of daily free time. Bliss Terrace, between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue west of Colonial Road, was named for a prominent industrialist who lived in Bay Ridge. Both were removed (as well as other artifacts alluding to the Confederacy around the USA) in 2017 because political correctness defeats historical accuracy nowadays. Flag. Bay Ridgeites one and all call Bay Ridge Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway 69th Street and 75th Street, respectively–it’s a mark of recognition as a Bay Ridgeite. Bay Ridge continued to flourish as a community with more and more “year round” residents–with the BRCA working harder than ever to preserve and protect its natural bounties and unique qualities. You would not believe the little jewelbox house gems I discovered on this walk. The school expanded with a new gym in 1978 and an adjoining five-story classroom building in 1990. Order online from Bay Ridge Diner on MenuPages. Does your High School Class have a full-featured Alumni Website? A fireman known as “exempt” was a member of a volunteer fire company for five years; a number of other exceptions and corollaries to this rule further explained the term “exempt.” As far as “New Utrecht” is concerned, Bay Ridge was a part of the town of New Utrecht since the town’s establishment in 1683 until it was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894, and then Greater New York absorbed Brooklyn in 1898. Bay Ridge Families. Weirdly, half of it is Belgian-blocked and half of it is surfaced with asphalt. We then moved up to 4 Ave. between 60 th. When it opened, it cut about an hour each way off my commute to Wagner College. Views of Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and the bridge are all available from the pier. Bad time for “parading” in Bay Ridge since everything had a sidewalk canopy as repairs were effected. Please help contribute to a new Forgotten NY website, Check out the ForgottenBook, take a look at the gift shop, and as always, “comment…as you see fit.”, The Belt Parkway Had 5 Names when complete in 1940: Gowanus Parkway (Now Guwanus Expressway (Interstate 278)), Shore Parkway, Southern Parkway, Laurelton Parkway & Cross Island Parkway. The demographics of Brooklyn reveal a very diverse borough of New York City and a melting pot for many cultures, like the city itself. Le quartier est servi par Ligne R du métro de New York. It’s recently been sold and the restaurant will be razed for apartment buildings that overlook the golf course. fond memories wish I had a photo of house. Bay Ridge Families creates and distributes weekly kids' events roundup e-newsletters and quarterly e-publications for local Brooklyn families! When I was a kid in Bay Ridge, I originally had three excellent libraries to choose from, none especially close to where I lived at 6th avenue and 83rd, but close enough: the Carnegie-funded library at 4th Avenue and 95th Street; Fort Hamilton Parkway and 68th Street, across from the old Fortway Theater; here, in a modern building completed in 1959 at Ridge Boulevard and 73rd Street — great midcentury design; and a fourth, built in the 1970s at 13th Avenue and 83rd Street in Dyker Heights. My mother was born in 1919 in bay ridge. Attended St Patrick’s and Fontbonne Hall. The names “Joseph Perry” and “A.C. To get the answer to that you would need to go back to 1890, when this was still part of the town of New Utrecht, long before Bay Ridge was part of New York City. Owls Head Park is Bay Ridge’s largest public park,stretching between the Belt Parkway, Colonial Road and 68th Street, and its high hill provides a prime viewing spot during Brooklyn’s occasional tall ship parades. Before that, when I lived in Bay Ridge, I eyed Flagg Court for years but didn’t get in. Ask me something RSS Archive Likes. The price was too rich for me at the time, $660 per month. The mansion and tower were razed in 1940. This is a facebook community for sharing news, stories, promoting events and connecting with neighbors. Great memories. My aunt said that the new families moving in from elsewhere seemed to have nothing but comtempt If you don’t mind scrolling around, you can find the place where you lived or the streets you played on. Easy bus ride! The Barkaloo Cemetery is still historic since it’s the only family plot in Brooklyn not part of a larger cemetery. he lived in till 1959 as did his wife sister his 2 daughters sister and his granddaughter. I guess the new NYC has no plans for working or middle class types anymore. In Bay Ridge, many of the non-numbered streets are named “Ridge”, “Bay” or a combination. Harbor movie theater. Growing Up In Bay Ridge Brooklyn and iconic things of our time 50-80s - Duration: 1:53. robbyrockman 2,659 views. Her capacities are 44,909 gallons of fuel. Pigeon Park. Renamed Ocean Hill Memorial Dispensary and Hospital in 1920. Contact Admin: pepbox@me.com Hello! I remember Nathan’s when it was Wetsons Burgers. And, from the way they’re worn down, these Belgians seem to be the original paving stones. Angela Piccini Canadé is remembered at 3rd Avenue and 84th Street. However, they had competition where the sporting goods joint is — Pohl’s, which I chiefly remember for being pitch dark within. While Madonna, REM, and Whitney Houston were topping the charts during the 1980s, Bay Ridge had its own vibrant music scene. Wonderful! The presence of many gorgeous churches in Bay Ridge serves to alleviate — somewhat — the sting that the loss of the Bay Ridge Methodist (“Green”) Church at 4th and Ovington Avenues in 2008 produced. A trio of attached brick houses with semicircular bays, 100th Street between 4th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway. This is a map of Bay Ridge in the 1980’s and it has a lot of pictures of homes and businesses at that time. Love I here but miss Brooklyn. Pond, was a contractor who did remodeling on houses all over Bay Ridge. This triangle features a war memorial dedicated to a local soldier, Anthony Mondello. And the people moving in to these places dont seem to respect or care for what went before. The Bay Ridge Boys, New York, New York. My guess is that the Neosho in the old fire company’s name commemorates the Union ironclad ship of that name which served on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Here are a pair on Bay Ridge Avenue between Colonial Road and Narrows Avenue. I lived there for 18 years. The park is named “Cannonball Park” for the longtime presence of a 20″ Rodman gun and several cannonballs on the 4th Avenue side, one of two tested at Fort Hamilton but found unsuitable for combat. Alumni include MLB’s Rich Aurelia, Hollywood’s Scott Baio, and St. John’s University’s and the NBA’s Chris Mullin. Organized in 1860, many of the members were among the richest men in the area – a curious thing to us today, but at the time, the rich had a lot to lose if their mansions were to go up in flames. The purpose here is to occasionally introduce someone to a book they didn't know existed. Il y a aussi deux autobus express : le X27 et le X37. The tugboat Amy Moran plying the Narrows on the way to an assignment no doubt. .) Made her sister sell it for the money. I watched the east tower of the Verrazano Bridge go up from the vantage point of homeroom class at New Utrecht HS in the early 60’s. 255 88th to be exact. I spend my early life (late 40’s/early 50’s) on 95th between 3rd & 4th. Because of the street layout in Bay Ridge, thee are two points where a pair of numbered avenues come together at a V. There’s one at 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue and 95th Street, and here again at 7th and 8th Avenues and 73rd Street. They were the only Asians on the block. In the 1980s, I was dissatisfied with the heat in my place on 73rd Street and was seeking lodging elsewhere and looked at some places in this area, in the 90s near the waterfront. This 422-unit, six-building complex contained architectural features that were avant-garde for its time, including reversible fans below the windows and exterior window shades, both now removed, as well as innovative uses of concrete as finished ceilings and for a vaulted auditorium. Both places close to where you grew up. Are perhaps related to Claire McBride? We have nice parks and playground here and some of the best schools. Lined on both sides by handsome Tudor-style houses, Louise Terrace is another of Bay Ridge’s set of short streets, this one between Mackay Place and 70th Street near Colonial Road. It was later replaced by a Met Foods store. Do you know where I could research that? The world from my corner of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn-- Free Speech Zone -- E-mail me at bayridgephantom@gmail.com--February 03, 2008. It was sold to developers who knocked it down, and an ugly school building is now in its place. When I’m in the area, I’m always drawn like a magnet to the Kenruby Apartments, 90th Street just east of Dahlgren. John Carty Park was built beneath the connecting ramp between the Verrazano Bridge and the Belt Parkway in 1964 and later named for a local 32-year civil servant who died in 1970. Information on the vessel is easily obtainable from tugboatinformation: Built in 1973, by McDermott Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana (hull #179) as the Amy Moran for the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, New York. I am sitting near the Brooklyn tower of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, completed in 1964; I saw it built. Perry” are seen on the map. Both Lee and Jackson worshipped at the original St. John’s while stationed at Fort Hamilton. The basketball court figured in a scene in 1978’s Saturday Night Fever. It was designed by Ernest Flagg and constructed between 1933-1936. The setting is the Bay Ridge Memorial Pier, first known as the 69th Street Pier located where Bay Ridge Avenue meets the Narrows, though Bay Ridgeites one and all call Bay Ridge Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway 69th Street and 75th Street, respectively. Great place to grow up and go to public schools (102 and McKinley until we moved to Midwood). Francis and mary Duffy. I lived in Bay Ridge for forty years and seen many changes, but some still remain like the Ragamuffin and Norwegian Day parades. The triangle was named for one of my relatives, Lieutenant William E. Coffey. Biggest church in Brooklyn was our Lady of Perpetual Help RC was also bay Ridge in the day. Then we started invading people and were at war constantly, and the fort buttoned up the policy. Both are worth a look. The property is for sale, and the non-landmarked church may soon meet the wrecker’s ball. And such interesting history, some I knew, a lot I did not. All Right Reserved. I really miss living there. I live in the Kenruby. And their owners care about them, too. more can be found about us at www.BayRidgeCenter.org. Mets star Donn Clendenon was from Neosho.). The school was founded in 1957, the same year I was founded. When he died his youngest daughter Helen who was not a nice person. When I was a small boy, my grandmother and I would often sit in this spot and watch the suspension cables getting spun, in the years 1961-1963. Ridge Boulevard was still “Second Avenue.”. In Dyker Heights why does it go from 7 Ave to 10 Ave? In the 1980s I was able to ride my bike into and through Fort Hamilton. Much of the detailing on the corner section is unchanged, but oof, what they’ve done to the 3rd Avenue side. The Bay Ridge Avenue station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905 and subsequently modified. One of the property owners here was the Perry family. In a neighborhood featuring large apartment complexes, the Bay Ridge Apartments fill an entire block between 86th and 87th Street on the west side of Ridge Boulevard. We also lived on the same block. I don’t know of any others around the city like it. Real Racism and "Bogus" Black Lives Matter (Pt. From East: From Shore Rd to 4 Ave (due East/West) “Neosho” stumps me, since it is a town in Missouri. Volunteer firemen could qualify for exemption from jury duty as a perk for volunteering. Went to PS 104; class of 64 and then commuted to McKee HS on Staten Island via the 69 st ferry until the bridge was finished. I lived in Bay Ridge 35 years and never noticed this pair of gems on opposite sides of Ridge Boulevard on each side of 82nd Street by what was likely the same architect. Me too and Robert Hall’s clothing store next door. The park was created from the estate of Eliphalet Bliss (1836-1903). Gee,how many people in NY and elsewhere can no longer afford to live where they grew up. Well, I think that hits it in the head for the day. In the 1980s, commuter ferry service was instituted between Bay Ridge and Manhattan, once again using the 69th Street pier, but the pier has fallen into disrepair periodically through the years. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The church has been known as Union Church since it merged with a Presbyterian church a block away in 1918. He was one of my uncles, but I never knew him as he died quite young at World War II’s Battle of the Bulge, two days before his daughter, one of my cousins, was born. The sunrise would highlight it beautifully. Library at 95th and 4th. I lived in the Kallman Home for Children from 1952, to 1962. The peaked building with the rounded edge at the SW corner of 3rd Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue has been home to a pharmacy on the ground floor for apparently most of its life, Lowen’s since 1953; my friend Brian Merlis at brooklynpix has a photo from 1913, when it harbored Wolff’s. Growing Up In Bay Ridge Brooklyn: Iconic things of our time-1950s-1980s (Volume 3) Her electrical service is provided by two 75kW generator sets. Great memories lived there from 1935 to 1963, You should come down for the 30th Hoban Run – Walk through Bay Ridge..Google it Sun middle of Sept.. great people great time @ Xavarien. Bay Ridge est un quartier de l'arrondissement de Brooklyn à New York proche du pont Verrazano-Narrows. Brooklyn's neighborhoods in the 1980s showed their ethnic roots. The school became co-educational in 2016 after most of its existence as an all-boys’ school. Thank you for this excellent piece! A tree planted by Lee was replaced in 1912 complete with a new tablet commemorating the event, and another plaque cited Jackson. The Neosho volunteer fire brigade was one of seven that existed in New Utrecht, prior to the formation of a paid fire department. The unusual, 25-foot tall bronze design by sculptor Robert Ressler depicts a fireman’s trumpet – used by firefighters to communicate over the usual din at conflagrations in the days before walkie-talkies. Now St. Nicholas Nursing Home. Menu, hours, photos, and more for Bay Ridge Diner located at 8017 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11209-4003, offering Breakfast, American, Smoothies and Juices, Dinner, Diner, Sandwiches, Greek and Lunch Specials. This 422-unit, six-building complex contained architectural features that were avant-garde for its time, including reversible fans below the windows and exterior window shades, both now removed, as well as innovative uses of concrete as finished ceilings and for a vaulted auditorium. A pair of classic, or at least superannuated, signs from the 1970s or 1980s on Bay Ridge Avenue between Ridge Boulevard and Colonial Road. This was also a favored spot for me to ride my bicycle, no crosswalks between 92nd Street and JP Jones Park. Learn how your comment data is processed. The park, still known by old-timers as Bliss Park, has been in use by local residents since the 1920s; Robert Moses redesigned it in the 1930s. At the Bay Ridge Avenue station the newly installed artwork is the glass and ceramic mosaic “Strata” by Katy Fischer. Fort Hamilton/Irishtown was once a separate community in southern Bay Ridge adjoining Fort Hamilton, and these small houses, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 97th Street, may be from the same mid-1850s era that saw the parish of St. Patrick’s established. (Or start one for your Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Spouse, Son, Daughter, Friend . Mackay Place has its own story, too. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. I was on 61st between 2nd and 3rd and started my comic collection at Sam’s. I remember the mansions that were along Shore Rd in the 90St to Fontaine Hall HS. 2. While Brooklyn had its own fire department (the BFD, the trigraph seen on a number of old firehouses around the borough) far-flung realms like Bay Ridge were served by a number of volunteer fire departments. I lived on 69th street off Colonial Road. Sunday Music: The Wild Rover Back in the 1980s, when Peggy O'Neill's was the best Irish pub in Brooklyn, this was one of the two songs that would bring down the house. Lived across from Flagg Court on 73rd St. Bensonhurst Maternity Hospital, 7801 Bay Parkway. Bay Ridge Place runs between Bay Ridge Avenue and Ovington Avenue west of 3rd, and part of it is lined by some more of those attached townhouses I like so much. I make no apologies for being a nostalgist. But it didn’t have the space for a proper golf course, so it used to use the open land surrounding the club, in the days before there were houses there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember the Christmas lights on the homes on 11 & 12 ave. This apartment building between 3rd and 4th on Bay Ridge Avenue has a more utilitarian design. I finally got my opportunity to buy a co-op there in 2007. My family lived on 69th street, right above colonial road. I lived on the corner of 69 & 7, by the parkway. In reply to Chris; Yes, the contempt shown by the folks from Iowa, Kansas, Conn., etc always gets my goat. Lee Nilesn hi Gino I lived next door at8418 7 Ave from 1958 till I went into the army in 65 . Bay Pkwy in Bensonhurst and Stillwell Ave in Gravesend. Origins Laws against drunk driving originated in 1906, shortly after cars were invented and New Jersey was the first state to enact a law stating that “no intoxicated person shall drive a motor vehicle.” It was punishable by a fine of up to […] BAY RIDGE is an enclave of churches, children and quiet streets on t he western edge of Brooklyn, where the view of New York Bay is a lmost as spectacular as … Built in 1973, by McDermott Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana (hull #179) as the, several elevated stations on the Astoria Line are getting similar treatment, Its owners were arrested for welfare fraud in 2009, named for inventors of military ordinance, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8446201/member-of-neosho-voluteer-fire/. Watched Verazzano Bridge being built. for the locals,felt they were slow and stupid and had no ambition.Their Brooklyn accents were an The congregation was founded at a 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, fur business in 1956. The Antiochian Greek Christians, also known as Rûm, are an Arabic-speaking Christian group from the Middle East. Hi Rosanne, The present church was constructed here in 1910 and designed by architects Ralph Adams Cram and Charles Goodhue; Christ Church’s original building still stands, as Good Shepherd Church, at 4th Avenue and 75th Street. Bedford Dispensary and Hospital, Brooklyn. [Historic Districts Council]. I live on the Upper Eastside but still drive to Bay Ridge once a month. The reason is simple. Pour House of Bay Ridge. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. A number of them remain in the Bronx and Queens (Lawrence Cemeteries in Astoria and Bayside and Pullis Cemetery, as well as the Alsop plot in Calvary Cemetery). Time for the N train at 8th Avenue, which like most Sea Beach Line stations has been under repair since 2015. The building on the right boasts the only 9999 house number in Brooklyn. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8446201/member-of-neosho-voluteer-fire/. This one-story porched house, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 92nd Street, was in place when I traveled this spot as a kid in the 1960s. See more ideas about brooklyn, bay, brooklyn new york. Last time I visited, part of it was paved over. How handy are these when it’s raining and you need to get your keys out? Many apartment buildings around the city are named (matching Britain’s fondness for naming houses; John Lennon’s childhood home was called Mendips) but few in the States actually use them. He willed the estate to New York City, provided it be used for parkland. Then we moved to Shore Road (94th/95th). Pour House offers everything a good bar should, from happy hour to darts. I still went to my favorite lunch spots, Zeke’s Roast Beef and the Nathan’s on 86th St. I grew up in dyker heights. I watched the Verrazano bridge being built. In 1965 Adelphi moved to a large brick mansion at Ridge Boulevard that was previously the Kallman Home for Children at Ridge Boulevard and 86th Street. Growing Up In Bay Ridge Brooklyn: Iconic things of our time-1950s-1980s (Volume 3) [Henriksen, Robert A] on Amazon.com. Images from a personal library of books old and new—mostly old. This mural depicting sea life under the Belt Parkway overpass on 69th Street is relatively new. Looks like we have an outdated ad here for “We Buy Gold” unless we can buy gold at that physical therapy office. Thanks for the memories. “Philadelphia,” or “brotherly love”). Le pont Verrazano-Narrows. a quick history of 8320 7th avenue. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. It’s also home to a clutch of Brooklyn parrots, though I didn’t see or hear any the day I was there. Founder Joseph Perry (that name again) is remembered by Perry Terrace and Perry Arms. I grew up in mid 1950: to mid 60s in an apartment in the “Wynshore” – I just found a reference to “Wynshore on the Narrows” on 74th street. The house was torn down to make room when the third lane was added to the Belt Parkway and approach to the Varrazano Narrows Bridge. Another Citadel of Living at Ridge Boulevard and 87th Street. Eyes and Years in Greenpoint [SpliceToday], The Unknown Brooklyn Waterfront [SpliceToday]. Once again, I lived nearby for 35 years but I don’t know if I ever noted the plastic-lettered, old school Weber Plumbing sign on 7th Avenue and 82nd Street. Near perfection in late 19th or early 20th residential design and construction. It is a product of Classreport, Inc. and may not be affiliated with Bay Ridge High School or its alumni association. For example, I grew up in Tilden Court, but it was known to one and all as 8302 6th Avenue. Queensboro Hill was a solid middle class neighborhood when we moved west in 2005. Early 1980s Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, photo by Robert Madden, from an old issue of National Geographic. I couldn’t remember the name of that candy store. In both cases, the lower-numbered Avenue “wins” and gets to proceed south. My aunt owned a rooming house in Park Slope in the 1950s.The Slope was an early victim of gentrification. Another of Bay Ridge’s short lanes is Perry Terrace, between 70th and 71st Streets west of Ridge Boulevard. Even so, it has retained its original entrance canopies which feature ornamental metal brackets. Une rue typique de Bay Ridge. and 61 street next to Sams Candy Store. Currently FNY headquarters is  in Westmoreland Gardens in Little Neck, a complex I had my eye on beginning in the 1990s when I lived in Flushing. Bay Ridge Center provides services and programs for adults 60+ that promote their well-being, independence and involvement in the community. The tug is fitted with an elevating wheelhouse. You can look all over Brooklyn. 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