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

[@mikedrown2721]

Tom is the best history teacher 👍😊

[@Layover-cn9zd]

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

[@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

[@johnsilva9139]

When I grew up there in the 60s it was the RR ( or double R ) train. Don't know why. I guess at some point they realized they only needed one R.

[@jt8402]

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

[@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✌

[@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

[@wokedragon3211]

Great Job Tom!

[@jamesmichaelfrank]

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

[@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!

[@jerrytwolanes4659]

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

[@carolinesantos8177]

Well you covered my neighborhood of Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY

[@herwaldmckay5789]

Always enjoy your historic videos,

[@angelicagaldos]

Another awesome video Tom. Sick Plug

[@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 .

[@bonneyfinnegan8514]

This guy is incredible! Although I will never see this area ( probably) I admire his knowledge of history!

[@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!

[@KFCOrBust]

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

[@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 ❤️

[@bjornvandyk6551]

You’re a legend Tom

[@ethanherschenfeld]

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

[@roytownhill9934]

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

[@jmk423]

Really enjoy these videos. Thank you.

[@eugenedimitrov]

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

[@greek440bc]

I love this channel ! Entertaining and informative

[@annehcb]

Great video as usual Tom!

[@patrciawoods3017]

I grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn...

[@marysigalas4272]

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

[@snowcub7139]

At 7:51, are those the brownstone homes on Senator street?

[@hermyt]

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

[@dissidentfairy4264]

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

[@superpokeguy9199]

Another fun video Thanks

[@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

[@missyyourist9859]

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

[@sjwilloughby-greene8214]

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

[@TylerCordaro]

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

[@loosewheel2013]

I lived on 49 st between 4th And 5 ave.

[@loosewheel2013]

70 Years ago

[@tomdulski3729]

Great video

[@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.

[@thomasburton4460]

Was that book Images of America?

[@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.

[@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)

[@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

[@KENICUSONE]

Went HS in Bay Ridge @Xaverian on Shore Road

[@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

[@animaginaryboy_]

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

[@M_a_g_L_a_n]

Merci Tom, tes vidéos sont incroyables. J'aime que tu parles de tous ces quartiers. Je suis peu être une des seule française que ça intéresse mais c'est vraiment génial. Je vais réussir à toutes les regarder. Elle m'aident à programmez mes visites à New York. As tu prévus d'en faire une sur Blissville? Un très beau documentaire à été tournée sur ce quartier mais j'aurais adoré avoir ta vision.

[@Mushfiqur25]

Umbrella bit was golden

[@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❤

[@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. 😂"

[@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.

[@The_Sunset_King]

Hey, Tom covered my neighborhood!

[@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!

[@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.

[@OUTNABOUTwithYoursTrulyLIZZOC]

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

[@soapqueen100]

How i wsish we had our old neighborhood back

[@stevewebber5883]

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

[@sambaxrock]

FINALLY ♥🖤🤍💚

[@snowcub7139]

Does anyone know when any Irish immigrants came there? Anyone know that the rifleman guy, Chuck Connors, grew up in Bay Ridge area?

[@CritterSitterofCary]

I watched them build that bridge

[@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.

[@DominusGhaul]

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

[@manchesterisblue1023]

hey im dutch! ... it's breukelen and new utrecht but not bad at all tom

[@MercedesCruz-qe1nj]

Tim, you make historentertaining.

[@TheMadisonHang]

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

[@planesense7390]

good vid----one thing, New Utrecht pronounced New You-trecht Ave

[@DOS_SLASH]

Do Sheepshead Bay.

[@rafaelalas7679]

Feeling secure is feeling safe.

[@MikeWoot65]

Bae Ridge

[@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.

[@chrismaurina5260]

I grew up in queens hung out in forest park he did that show then I married my wife she from Bayridge and I’ve been here the last 20 yrs

[@MercedesCruz-qe1nj]

Sorry, Tom, you make history entertaining.

[@sjmazzoli]

Tom

[@linnnytube]

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

[@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

[@Michael-d9c1c]

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

[@user-nc1jj8yd7m]

Tom we need to get you some drip

[@bobbygermano9926]

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

[@Tennessee24]

Omg you're hilarious

[@GwBbenBCko]

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..

[@systemofcontrol5369]

no curve of earth globie

[@georgeplagianos6487]

It's very flat

[@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.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

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

[@RyanElshourafa]

Im from bay ridge

[@areguapiri]

The Mohawk tribe discovered Europe.

[@jtm0071]

Yeah right

[@georgeplagianos6487]

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

[@JohnBerthoty]

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

[@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!

[@palo10]

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

[@themodernninja8074]

That little military town is like a cult that exists within bay ridge, and they don't want anyone near there without special access. Those guards are super anal. I do believe it's still used by the army to a limited degree.

[@BAMMBAMMNYC]

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

[@EphemeralProductions]

6:20. Cute. :)

[@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.

[@Godzillajeff]

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

[@N10-h3b]

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

[@litolito1893]

You’re so smart, yet so weird. 👍🏻

[@tonimariehurley]

You forgot 13th Avenue and the Hassiduc Jewish community.

[@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....

[@tejida815]

Two history haters. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@MaryannOHara]

Your too funny.

[@hellobrooklyn9211]

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

[@michaelz9892]

What a goofball.

[@josephgregorio5813]

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

[@rosemaryflury180]

Didn't realize it'd be mostly history stuff. Kinda boring.