Dyker Heights is a predominantly residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is on a hill between Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, and Gravesend Bay. The neighborhood is bounded by 7th and 14th Avenues, 65th Street, and the Belt Parkway on the west, east, north, and south, respectively.
The Saitta House, an original Dyker Heights home
Brigadier General René Edward De Russy
Walter L. Johnson, developer of Dyker Heights
Massive stone pier outside a house in Dyker Heights
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