A Tour of Brooklyn's Bay Ridge: History, Diversity, and a Big Ole Bridge

Tom Delgado walks you through Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, an incredibly diverse neighborhood with a rich history. He talks about the immigrants, the Verrazzano Bridge, the Revolutionary War, Fort Hamilton, and more. Shot by Rob Adler.
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[@mikedrown2721]

Tom is the best history teacher 👍😊

[@brooklyntoychasers]

Has anyone else from Bay Ridge seen this yet or just me?

[@idkGBT]

Crown heights here ✋🏾

[@wbolesnyc]

Bayridger here!

[@Tabby7]

Midwood in the house!

[@ThomasPiccirillo-gc4yi]

Bay Ridge!

[@georgeplagianos6487]

I'm here 92nd Street off Fort Hamilton parkway

[@Layover-cn9zd]

I always feel delighted when I see a new TomD NYC video

[@jt8402]

The tour guide, nay, historian we all need and deserve 🔥😎

[@carolinesantos8177]

Well you covered my neighborhood of Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY

[@wokedragon3211]

Great Job Tom!

[@Tabby7]

Great neighborhood, very diverse, with great restaurants and friendly people. I used to go there more often when Century 21 was on 86th Street (miss them). Easy travel to the area by B9, 16 and 37 buses, and R and N trains. Some gorgeous homes, 🏠 too.

[@georgeplagianos6487]

Yeah real nice homes around Fort Hamilton high School; where I went back in the sixties have you ever gone that house built by large round stones. Beautiful country looking house nice and clean sooo sturdy looking. It looks like it could have been built by the cavemen. That place really stands out

[@Daniel-pc2ov]

@@georgeplagianos6487clean? But diverse? I think you mean the Arabs moving in are making it worse

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

I always enjoy learning about all things historical & I also love watching Tom talk, as he's a genuinely sweet & VERY funny guy! I find myself laughing on/off throughout all of Tom's videos. Thanks for the interesting tour! Peace✌

[@KFCOrBust]

Never thought I'd see a history video on Bay Ridge

[@hermyt]

That pigeon at 20:43, unlike humans, was not a history hater.

[@patrciawoods3017]

I grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn...

[@dissidentfairy4264]

People on power trips are usually little people with big egos. lol I loved the tour!🎈

[@angelicagaldos]

Another awesome video Tom. Sick Plug

[@jerrytwolanes4659]

Thanks Rob! Another great video Rob! I'm looking forward to more Rob!

[@jamesmichaelfrank]

GREAT VIDEO TOM ! Very informative. I admire your knowledge of history .

[@justcurious3514]

I love how historical that neighborhood is! Thanks for braving weather and for sharing. I learned so much! Instant fav. And I remember learning about leif Erickson in school. Sweet monument. Great video

[@annehcb]

Great video as usual Tom!

[@jenbranker4775]

I attended Bay Ridge High School back in the 70’s. Cut classes along the way, but I don’t remember any of this. Nice history thank you ❤️

[@KENICUSONE]

Went HS in Bay Ridge @Xaverian on Shore Road

[@DonJon200]

"Every time when someone told me they ran a marathon, I always have 2 questions for them - how much you ran it in and who cares ?" LMAO

[@greek440bc]

I love this channel ! Entertaining and informative

[@krautty1]

Amazing videos I have lived in all different parts of Brooklyn and watch all your videos,you sure take me back, thank you keep up the great work .

[@bjornvandyk6551]

You’re a legend Tom

[@JesseJames02100]

Love this video!! Also the Bensonhurst video! Now you just have to do a Dyker Heights video!! Between Bensonhurst and Bay Rodge and such a beautiful neighborhood!! Internationally known...especially for their Christmas lights!

[@jmk423]

Really enjoy these videos. Thank you.

[@ethanherschenfeld]

another great video! just shared it with friend who grew up in bay ridge in the 1940s.

[@tomdulski3729]

Great video

[@thelonedroneman934]

there is a guy who has done a ridiculous amount of walking through alot of Bay Ridge - Stridewarrior on youtube. he pretty much covers all the major streets and side streets.

[@roytownhill9934]

Another great one, lots of laughs, thanks Tom 🤙🍻

[@sjwilloughby-greene8214]

Thank you so much for sharing. This lesson was way funner than school. 😁 I ♥️ NY.

[@superpokeguy9199]

Another fun video Thanks

[@OUTNABOUTwithYoursTrulyLIZZOC]

Good to see you finally got a haircut, thanks for the tour of Brooklyn's Bay Ridge!

[@pleiades.puppets]

Great video about my neighborhood, thank you! I didn't know about the Mohawks and the bridge! On a clear day, I can see Jersey from my apartment window. Norwegian Day Parade was just this past weekend!

[@animaginaryboy_]

Interesting fact about the Mohawk Indians! Also, Napoleonic Warheads are my favorite candy of the early 1800s.

[@mattro7107]

Hey, Tom covered my neighborhood!

[@eugenedimitrov]

Hey Tom! Another awesome tour ! Pretty cool !!! What's up?

[@marysigalas4272]

Wow. Didnt know that about the Mohawks. Good info as usual and you amuse me so!

[@TylerCordaro]

Great video thanks so much !!!! Ps please ask Rob to use a steady cam.

[@missyyourist9859]

Rob (hoping for a baby reindeer situation) made me literally laugh out loud!!! Tom's humor is the best!!!

[@robyndavis3043]

You forgot to mention that the “estuary” behind you (under the Verrazzano Bridge), is also called the “Quarantine Zone” (from the entry of the Verrazzano Bridge all the way to the Statue of Liberty, BEFORE heading into NY Harbor)

[@Mushfiqur25]

Umbrella bit was golden

[@christianmoller6141]

I was born in a hospital located on Ovington Avenue, but my understanding is that the hospital is not there anymore.

[@chrisikaris5891]

The hospital became a nursing home many years ago. It closed about two years ago and is slated for demolition. There are plans to build a school there.

[@christianmoller6141]

@@chrisikaris5891 Thank you for letting me know. I have wondered what became of it.

[@ClarissaZacarias]

Been watching you for awhile now Tom, love everything about you. You are intelligent, cute and most of all very funny. I'm a native New Yorker of A certain senior age and of Latin roots (Spanish and Puerto Rican). I appreciate all of the above about you. Keep on truckin' baby❤

[@TomTheCopywriter]

Trying to get my Fillipina wife excited for a NYC tour, do you have a midtown tour that deals with Phillipines interests?

[@thiscorrosion900]

That might be hard to find. You might contact the NYC Philippine Consulate General and ask around. There are some Philippine restaurants and businesses scattered around Manhattan, not sure about the boroughs. Maybe Queens or Brooklyn as well. I would just research it. There are apparently a lot of Filipinos in and around Jackson Heights, Queens, and also some areas of NJ including Jersey City.

[@soapqueen100]

How i wsish we had our old neighborhood back

[@cayetano-fd6kh]

OMG! Tom You've been to Peru too? Cool.. and yeah! Saturday Night Fever movie from 1977 takes place in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

[@Allenryan819]

Lol, it wasn’t that long of a ride. You live in Ridgewood, so what did you go on? I am guessing you got on Seneca, then the M. You took the M to Myrtle-Wyckoff, got on the L train, got off at Union Square, and took the R to 98th St. Still a trek. Wow, Galaxy Comic Inc. bookstore is still there next to Alpine Cinema. I used to get comic books there as a kid. I used to go there all the way from Brighton Beach. By the way, I’m dying for that video from Tom! 😂 Anyway, good memories! Great video. 😂"

[@Nation4]

No mention of Saturday Night Fever?

[@teri1104]

Yes he did

[@teri1104]

At 16:10

[@Nation4]

@@teri1104 Ahh yes you're right although its more like16:07. I had to go back to find it.

[@CritterSitterofCary]

I watched them build that bridge

[@DominusGhaul]

love your videos thank you please tell me you went to mikes a nice cup of coffee

[@stevewebber5883]

I lived across 101st Street from the park for a couple of years.

[@DOS_SLASH]

Do Sheepshead Bay.

[@thomasburton4460]

Was that book Images of America?

[@sambaxrock]

FINALLY ♥🖤🤍💚

[@BigElectricCat]

Tom, as far as public photography is concerned. You have the right according to the First ammendment to take pictures outside that base from public.You might enjoy some 1st ammendment auditing videos. There are dozens of 1aa youtubers. Some very good, some not. Either way its always entertaining to see people challenge a government employees perceived authority.

[@linnnytube]

oh my lovely lil baby reindeer. sent from an iphone 🌚

[@MikeWoot65]

Bae Ridge

[@TheRickWolf]

Haven't watched this yet, i keep looking for people i haven't heard from and see somehow I'm not subscribed, when I know i was. Anyway, do you have a way to see what the story is on 245 83rd St, a magnificent property that lays burned and vacant in the middle of wealth for like 20 years i think. Looks like I got multiple Tom videos waiting now and i have to recheck Patreon notifications and see 🙈🙉 what's going on ovah heehr!

[@victorguido2447]

Tom is the best history Teacher?? until I heard the part of a late departed General Robert Lee who foat against the Freedom of slavery that impeded him from greatness? After that Tom Thank you above and beyond greatness.

[@sjmazzoli]

Tom

[@janicecastaneda9605]

❤ Born and Raised ❤

[@Tennessee24]

Omg you're hilarious

[@user-nc1jj8yd7m]

Tom we need to get you some drip

[@bobbygermano9926]

Oh, I took my wedding photos near the cannon. 💏🇮🇹🌃

[@user-ii6qv2xy1d]

Born and raised here 41 years , good video but you missed a lot.. at one point most churches and bars in a zip code , many films and tv shows , and 9/11/01 I can tell you first hand (back then living on 71st and ridge blvd , 2 blocks away) there was small , very small group of pple celebration on 5th ave right next door to alpine around 9pm that night. In street smiling , mocking behind line of cops there to protect and keep everyone calm.. some of the planners of 93 wtc attack lived on 5th ave .. that doesn’t represent the Arab community I grew up with any more than the mafia represents the Italian community.. just some facts and context..

[@TheMadisonHang]

@14:20 good point about eating raw animal blood In MN book stores, murder and mystery gets its own shelf

[@paulmcdonough1093]

i am a scouser we get our name from lobscouse stew liverpool england

[@andrewfischer8564]

its nice to know about the neighborhoods ive spent a lot of time in... go check out salty dog afiremans bar on 3rd ave... it was the brooklyn dodger until they got sued... used to hang i a bar leif eriksons

[@user-ep3sx3uw9o]

I hung out at leif went to school olph with his today

[@bobbygermano9926]

I actually had lunch with my son sitting on the bench, under the VZ. Then stopped by the "Reagan" house. When i think back to the days of Bentleys, Pastels, Brown derby, Turquoise, Mezzanote (my goto) Fishermans corner, Hinschs, C21,Ovington🎱 etc......I have MANY great memories. Today, when i see what a 💩 hole its become, it makes me both sad & angry.

[@palo10]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 my beautiful neighborhood… no hipsters allowed lmao

[@JohnBerthoty]

Cringe B-roll or not... I really enjoy your vids Tom. Do Glendale! Grew up there (1948-1967).

[@systemofcontrol5369]

no curve of earth globie

[@georgeplagianos6487]

It's very flat

[@areguapiri]

The Mohawk tribe discovered Europe.

[@jtm0071]

Yeah right

[@georgeplagianos6487]

You to tell us they brought their hair style to England before the Beatles

[@EphemeralProductions]

6:20. Cute. :)

[@BAMMBAMMNYC]

🗣I don't know what to tell ya but🤒🔌⚡️ & 2️⃣ history haters🏃💨😫🏃🏻💨🏙🌁🌁🌄🗽#🤒🔌 #LaPlugga🔌

[@kozmagergely]

Could Rob please not shake that camera and switch off stabilization when on a tripod, and don't pan or tilt when the tripod head is not suitable for that? It's very distracting from the otherwise very interesting and educational content. Thanks!

[@chrisikaris5891]

Knew he would have to mention Saturday Night Fever. Too bad few people actually know that the film was not at all an accurate representation of Bay Ridge. It was a total work of fiction written by a British writer who just happened upon the neighborhood by chance and saw the opportunity to set a story there. He wrote a magazine article that was supposedly about the neighborhood but was actually based on the life of the town he grew up in Britain and the people he knew there. So the story he wrote about Bay Ridge had nothing to with the neighborhood. It was a total fabrication.

[@user-du2sk7pc9e]

Beautiful, but HAMAS.......used to be Italian.

[@litolito1893]

You’re so smart, yet so weird. 👍🏻

[@MaryannOHara]

Your too funny.

[@user-pf2xc9xc4u]

Nice history, but remember that Leif Ericsson is pronounced LAYF, not LEEF.

[@hellobrooklyn9211]

Haha didn’t know it was Italian name until now but who cares?! Haha 🤣

[@michaelz9892]

What a goofball.

[@tejida815]

Two history haters. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@josephmcdonald6730]

Wow what a Boring Video and Neighborhood...I Often Visit Bay Ridge Brooklyn because I Guess they decided to put the V.A. Hospital in the Area very Long travel from Brooklyn North...I use to go to School in Bay ridge when I was a Kid...Nothing is out there now All the Stores on 86th Street are Closed After the Pandemic...Mostly A Drive By Community...Not Even the Bridge saved this Community...just a lot of Old Folks waiting to Check out....

[@josephgregorio5813]

Would have been a lot better without the torrent of dumb comments and lame jokes

[@SheSweetLikSugarNSavage]

Cute neighborhood. Even though he's giving a lot of sketchy credit over to europeans, scandinavians, and Vikings. All he seems to know anything about. Didn't seem to know much about any other ethnicity. I think that's called self serving....🙄 I think I'll find something else to look at.

[@LeighSilvers]

boring

[@AR-zl8qy]

This was my neighborhood for over 20 years, until recently, couldn't wait to leave. A little less word salad, would have been much better. By the way Fort Hamilton is an active Military base, that's why they would let u film, maybe you should have mention that fact! Also didn't like u showing free Palestine photo, Palestine is free, know your facts. Also aren't you supposed to be non-political? Crappy tour

[@user-ru5jy5lr4g]

But where are the sex workers? You left out the most important part.

[@glennhand2593]

Trump 2024