From the Archives of Christ Church Bay Ridge
Christ Church is a picturesque Episcopal parish in the
heart of the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, NY. Established there in
1853, several of its founding families number among those who played
a hand in the early history of Bay Ridge, including the naming of this
section of Brooklyn: prior to the mid-1850s, Bay Ridge was originally
known as Yellow Hook.
The files in this section of the website (see the sub-menu
at the left) come from several sources, including my own photography and
a sampling of Christ Church's archives. The major undertaking of digitalizing
that archives is currently being discussed, so look forward to possibly seeing
some of that here, too, in the not too distant future.
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