The back of this 1906 postcard states that the view “looks north from 85th Street.” The riders in that vehicle must have endured some rough bumps along the road.
I wish the postcard identified the structure with the lovely porch and turrets. In the distance you can see, faintly, the Statue of Liberty.
Bay Ridge got its name from the glacial ridge beneath it that provides high, sloping views of the water. Originally called Yellow Hook after its yellowish sand, this village in the town of Nieuw Utrecht was renamed following a yellow-fever epidemic that ravaged the area in the 1840s.
Tags: Bay Ridge, New Utrecht, Shore Road, yellow fever epidemic, Yellow Hook
September 15, 2008 at 7:45 am |
[...] friend at Ephemeral in New York shows you old-timey drinking fountains, Bay Ridge a century ago, and one massive christening [...]
September 15, 2008 at 8:59 pm |
What a great photo! I was just writing about Bay Ridge recently and have always found it really fascinating (was trying to set some fiction in early Bay Ridge at one point)
August 2, 2012 at 9:24 pm |
That building was the Crescent Athletic Club Clubhouse, formerly the Van Brunt mansion. Fort Hamilton High School is now on the site.
October 22, 2012 at 4:04 am |
[...] stretch of windy, scenic Shore Road in Bay Ridge was a popular place for wealthy men to build their dream homes, and Bliss was no [...]