The Forgotten Past of Bay Ridge’s Ugliest Street
Forest Place is now just a car-clogged alley. But it used to be much more.
History
How Parking Your Car on the Street Became Legal in Brooklyn
You used to have to put it in a garage, such as the ones that’re still on Ovington Avenue.
Bay Ridge Almost Had a Park to Rival Prospect Park. Instead it Got a Golf Course.
The forgotten story of one of the neighborhood’s greatest 20th-century disappointments—how Dyker Beach became a golf course.
The Gory Murder of a Shore Road Spinster
The tragic tale of Victoria Muspratt, who died in the crumbling mansion where she’d been born.
When Shots Were Fired at a Fort Hamilton Math Teacher
True Crime Bay Ridge: the fourth-biggest Brooklyn news story of 1948.
Why Are There a Few Blocks on Ridge Boulevard Without Apartment Buildings?
On the enduring influence of William Dowling’s Rhododendron Park, a turn-of-the-century housing development.
The Secret Remnants of One of Bay Ridge’s Oldest Streets
Denyse Lane disappeared 100 years ago. Or did it?
The Little Cemetery That Was in Leif Ericson Park
Development battles past and present define the story of an old Methodist graveyard and the crooked Colonial thoroughfare that took you there.
The Totally Forgotten Bay Ridge Park That Never Was
A pastoral field in rural Bay Ridge was the perfect spot for a park. But then the area got a little too popular.
Why Does Bay Ridge Have Fancy Names for First and Second Avenues?
Fights erupted in the early 20th century over street names meant to “greatly improve” Bay Ridge—like “Emerald,” and “Beechwood.”