Skip to content
Hey Ridge
  • Home
  • News
    • Community News
    • Education
    • Government and Politics
    • Local Business
    • Public Safety
    • Real Estate
    • Subways and Streets
  • Culture
    • Activism and Volunteerism
    • Arts
    • Food and Drink
    • History
    • Parenting
    • People
  • About

parks

The Bay Ridge Parkway today

Bay Ridge’s Parks Were Once Envisioned as a Single Super Park

June 22, 2015March 31, 2016 Henry  Culture, History, Outdoors and Rec  75th Street, owl's head park, parks, parkways, Robert Moses, Shore Road Drive, Shore Road Park, the Bay Ridge Parkway, the Belt Parkway  2 Comments

Before it was the name of 75th Street, “the Bay Ridge Parkway” was an ambitious vision for a network of greenspaces that would ring the neighborhood and unite the borough.

“The Bay Ridge Parkway” History Lecture

 Leave a comment

The Bay Ridge Historical Society presents this talk about a planned series of uninterrupted parks that didn’t quite work out—not to be confused with 75th Street!

This Weekend, Not One But Two Garden Festivals!

May 8, 2015May 11, 2015 Al  Activism and Volunteerism, Culture, Parenting  64th Street Community Garden, chicks, garden festival, greenspaces, Narrows Botanical Garden, parks, plant sale

To make the most of Saturday’s perfect weather, check out a few local greenspaces.

Swinburne Island in Lower New York Bay

The Secrets Of That Abandoned Island Off Bay Ridge

May 1, 2015June 16, 2015 Henry  Culture, History  bird sanctuary, harbor seals, haunted places, immigration, Lower New York Bay, New York Bay, parks, quarantine, Swinburne Island, the Narrows, Verrazano Bridge  1 Comment

Taking a boat out to Swinburne Island to uncover its history, first as a quarantine station for diseased immigrants, now as an abandoned bird sanctuary.

Posts navigation

Newer posts  

Follow

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Featured Articles

  • 65th Street Gas TanksThe First “Towers” of Bay Ridge
  • Barkaloo CemeteryHow an Ancient Cemetery Survived in Bay Ridge
  • Teunis Bergen houseCould the Oldest House in Bay Ridge Be Destroyed?
  • George Dalton Fifth AvenueThe Bad Old Days: A Man with a Grenade and the Siege of Fifth Avenue
  • Accessibility protest in Bay RidgeWill Bay Ridge Subway Stations Ever Have Elevators?
Logo graphic design and background photo by Silent Salesman.
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Solon by aThemes