Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Sunset Park to the north, Dyker Heights to the east, the Narrows and the Belt Parkway to the west, and Fort Hamilton Army Base and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to the south. The section of Bay Ridge south of 86th Street is sometimes considered part of a sub-neighborhood called Fort Hamilton.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
George Bradford Brainerd, Bay Ridge, c. 1872 – c. 1887 Brooklyn Museum
The Bay Ridge–95th Street terminal station of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line was opened in 1925.
The Verrazzano Bridge on a foggy day
Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the western part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Park Slope and Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Borough Park to the east, Bay Ridge to the south, and New York Harbor to the west. The neighborhood is named for a public park of the same name that covers 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) between Fifth and Seventh Avenues from 41st to 44th Street. The area north of 36th Street is alternatively known as Greenwood Heights, while the section north of 24th Street is also called South Slope.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
62nd Street and Fifth Avenue
Sunset Park, the park after which the neighborhood is named
The 59th Street station, one of the stations on the Fourth Avenue subway that is located within Sunset Park. The line and station opened in 1915.