Bay Ridge, New York
40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the borough of Brooklyn. It lies in ZIP code area 11220. The Survey maps it on the Jersey City quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Bay Ridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Senator Street Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
Houses at 216-264 Ovington Ave.listed 2007 · 0.7 miles away
Sunset Park Historic Districtlisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Bay Ridge Reformed Churchlisted 2020 · 1.0 miles away
U.S. Army Military Ocean Terminallisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away- Bay Ridge United Methodist Churchlisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
- Louise Terrace-Colonial Road Historic Districtlisted 2025 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 40 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1898 USGS Staten Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Staten Island quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1905 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jersey City quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jersey City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Jersey City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,883 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,883 fires within 5 miles of Bay Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 728 acres in total. 140 started naturally. 151 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1290 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 151 |
| Natural | 140 |
| Smoking | 105 |
| Debris and open burning | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Fireworks | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bay Ridge: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y. | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Lead | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bay Ridge in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay Ridge | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyker Heights | 0.9 miles | 43 | |
| Borough Park | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Fort Hamilton | 1.4 miles | 43 | |
| New Utrecht | 1.7 miles | 36 | |
| Parkville | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Bath Beach | 2.1 miles | 43 | |
| Kensington | 2.5 miles | 37 | |
| Bensonhurst | 2.5 miles | 36 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943187. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.















