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3 unusual facts about Bay Ridge


BMT Sea Beach Line

After emerging from the tunnel under Fourth Avenue, the two separate Sea Beach tracks rise on either side of a ramp which formerly connected to the original line to the Brooklyn shore at 65th Street in Bay Ridge.

Sam Coppola

He appeared in almost 70 films, beginning in 1968, but may be best remembered for his role as 'Dan Fusco', owner of the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, hardware and paint store, in Saturday Night Fever, who gave John Travolta sage but salty advice in the classic 1977 film.

SS Naronic

Two of the bottles were found in the US, one on March 3 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, and one in Ocean View, Virginia on March 30.


John Wolfe Ambrose

Over the next fifteen years, Ambrose succeeded in obtaining $1,478,000 from Congress for improving the Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels.

Lapskaus Boulevard

Lapskaus Boulevard is the nickname of part of Eighth Avenue, in a historically Norwegian working-class section of bordering Bay Ridge, and Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City.

Robert DiCarlo

Robert J. "Bob" DiCarlo is a former Republican Party lawmaker from Brooklyn, New York who served in the New York State Senate from 1993 to 1996 representing Bay Ridge in Brooklyn as well as Staten Island's East Shore.

Robert Volpe

Born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Volpe studied art at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons School for Design and the Art Students League of New York.


see also

Daniel Conover

Conover remained in Bay Ridge until his death on August 15, 1896 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

Michael R. Long

After representing the then abolished Brooklyn at-large New York City Council District, Long challenged sitting New York City Councilman Sal F. Albanese in 1985, for Bay Ridge's 31st District which was previously held by Republican Angelo J. Arculeo.