75-479: (Redirected from B-54 ) B54 or B-54 may refer to : B54 (New York City bus) , a bus line in Brooklyn Blackburn B-54 , a British carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft Boeing B-54 , an American strategic bomber aircraft Bundesstraße 54 , a German road HLA-B54 , an HLA-B serotype W54 nuclear warhead , which in one configuration
150-542: A New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 291/Ladder Co. 140, at 56-07 Metropolitan Avenue. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Ridgewood and Maspeth than in other places citywide. In Ridgewood and Maspeth, there were 70 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 17.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Ridgewood and Maspeth have
225-540: A 14-block "brewer's row" within Bushwick that contained at least 11 breweries. Factories and knitting mills were also opened within the communities, and speculative German developers built houses, consisting mostly of multi-family stock that were three or four stories tall. "Brewer's Row" had grown to 14 breweries by 1890. Ridgewood remained rural until the unification of New York City's boroughs in 1898, even as Bushwick had become fully developed. Development in Ridgewood in
300-647: A German center." By the 1940 United States Census , Southern Europeans were also recorded as having moved into Ridgewood. In the mid-20th century, Romanians , Serbs , and Puerto Ricans arrived. By the late 20th century, Poles , Dominicans , and Ecuadorians —including a significant population of Quechua -speaking Amerindians from the Imbabura and Cañar provinces of Ecuador —had moved to Ridgewood. Other large populations included Yugoslavians , Chinese , Koreans , and Slovenians . Originally, Ridgewood and Glendale shared ZIP Code 11227 with Bushwick. Following
375-484: A desire to disassociate themselves from Bushwick. Following complaints from residents, Postmaster General William Bolger proposed that the ZIP Codes would be changed if United States Representative Geraldine Ferraro could produce evidence that 70% of residents supported it. After Ferraro's office distributed ballots to residents, 93 percent of the returned ballots voted for the change. The change to ZIP Code 11385
450-574: A hyphen between the closest cross-street (which comes before the hyphen) and the actual address (which comes after the hyphen). While buildings fronting on streets that are west of Forest Avenue and the Bay Ridge Branch follow the Queens address numbering system, the avenues which run parallel to the county line—bounded by Metropolitan Avenue to the north, Forest Avenue to the east, and the Brooklyn border to
525-439: A low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 13%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Ridgewood and Maspeth is 0.008 mg/m (8.0 × 10 oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Twenty percent of Ridgewood and Maspeth residents are smokers , which
600-524: A lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . While 33% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 16% have less than a high school education and 50% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Ridgewood and Maspeth students excelling in math rose from 36% in 2000 to 67% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 42% to 49% during
675-499: A marker for the disputed boundary between Bushwick and Newtown, and by extension Brooklyn and Queens (see § Border with Bushwick ). The land remained rural through the American Revolutionary War , though there may have been a burial ground in the area. Ridgewood's oldest streets are Myrtle Avenue , Metropolitan Avenue , and Fresh Pond Road, which were used by farmers to take their goods to markets. Fresh Pond Road
750-532: A resolution to defer the planned service cuts until after July 1, 1955, pending additional ridership checks. The Myrtle Avenue bus line had been located under the Myrtle Avenue Elevated for its entire length since the elevated line opened in 1889. Bus service along the corridor took 34 minutes, 11 minutes longer than the elevated trains. On October 4, 1969, the Myrtle Avenue Elevated west of
825-524: A special transfer was given to B54 riders between the Jay Street–Borough Hall and Myrtle Avenue–Broadway subway stations, allowing travelers who had used the Myrtle Avenue Elevated to make the connection via the bus. Following the September 11 attacks , additional security measures were implemented at MetroTech Center , including the rerouting of B54 service out of MetroTech. On July 1, 2007,
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#1732851451656900-492: A stage coach line that had been operated by Seymour L. Husted. The 3.43-mile-long (5.52 km) line was double-tracked and took 33 to 37 minutes for horsecars to traverse. The route was originally plied by fifteen horsecars, each pulled by four horses. The fare was originally four cents. In August 1879, the City Railroad extended the line one block east from Broadway to Bushwick Avenue , and acquired trackage rights over
975-417: Is a densely settled neighborhood, with housing stock ranging from six-family buildings near the Brooklyn border to two-family and single-family row houses deeper into Queens. Ridgewood is visually distinguished by the large amount of yellow face brick construction, which is characteristic of the early-20th-century rowhouses built in the neighborhoods. Most of Ridgewood was developed block-by-block around
1050-769: Is about equal to the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 22% are between the ages of 0–17, 31% between 25 and 44, and 26% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 8% and 13% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 5 was $ 71,234. In 2018, an estimated 19% of Ridgewood and Maspeth residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or
1125-458: Is bordered on the south by the intersection of Myrtle and Wyckoff Avenues and on the north by St. Nicholas Avenue. The change provided easier transfers between the B54, the subway and the other five bus routes using the terminal. On November 7, 2010, direct service through MetroTech was restored as westbound service was rerouted off Flatbush Avenue Extension and Tillary Street, and onto Duffield Street and
1200-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages B54 (New York City bus) The B54 is a bus route on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn , New York City . The line travels between Downtown Brooklyn in the west and Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station in the east. The B54 operates from MTA New York City Bus's Fresh Pond Depot in Ridgewood, Queens . The route serves only
1275-413: Is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Ridgewood and Maspeth, 19% of residents are obese , 7% are diabetic , and 20% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively. In addition, 19% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-two percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which
1350-850: Is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 78% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", equal to the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Ridgewood and Maspeth, there are 5 bodegas . The nearest major hospitals are Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst and the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick. Ridgewood is covered by ZIP Code 11385, which it shares with neighboring Glendale. The United States Post Office operates three post offices nearby: Today, Ridgewood's land area lies within Queens County. However, its political boundary with Brooklyn causes confusion and debate about where
1425-588: Is home to Ridgewood Savings Bank , the largest mutual savings bank in New York State . Their headquarters is located at the intersection of Myrtle and Forest Avenues and was built in 1929. The building architects were Halsey, McCormack and Helmer, Inc. and the general contractors were Stamarith Construction Corporation. The building's exterior is made of limestone and contains an eight-foot granite base. The interior has travertine walls and marble floors. In Ridgewood 10 national historic districts were listed on
1500-457: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 235 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 104th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 87.4% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 17 rapes, 140 robberies, 168 felony assaults, 214 burglaries, 531 grand larcenies, and 123 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Ridgewood contains
1575-460: Is mostly commercial along main streets and residential alongside streets. Large parts of the neighborhood are residential historic districts. In addition, the large Cemetery Belt is located directly to the south. The majority of the neighborhood covers a large hill, part of the glacial moraine that created Long Island , which starts at Metropolitan Avenue , rises steeply for about two blocks, then slopes down gently. For instance, at Our Lady of
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#17328514516561650-473: The 1977 blackout , the communities of Ridgewood and Glendale expressed a desire to disassociate themselves from Bushwick. Residents voted on a proposal to create a new ZIP Code, and a majority of votes were cast in favor of the proposal. The communities were given the ZIP Code 11385 in 1980. By the mid-1980s, parts of Ridgewood had been given federal landmark designations. Young professionals were also moving to
1725-530: The Broadway station was abandoned, the bus line became the only transportation option on Myrtle Avenue west of Broadway. Bus service was increased by 700%, with service running as frequently as every 2.5 minutes during rush hours and every 20 minutes overnight. Some of the increased service was provided by new short-turn trips that ran between Downtown Brooklyn and Broadway, with a terminal loop of Myrtle Avenue, Lewis Avenue, Stockton Street and Broadway. In addition,
1800-726: The Bushwick Railroad 's Bushwick Avenue Line (which used Myrtle Avenue east of Bushwick Avenue) to Myrtle Avenue Park in Ridgewood, Queens . At Ridgewood, connections could be made to two steam dummy lines to local cemeteries—the Cypress Hills Line , and later the Lutheran Line . The City Railroad acquired these cemetery lines on July 27, 1888, with the lease of the Bushwick Railroad. Myrtle Avenue horse cars were replaced with electric trolleys by July 1893. The line
1875-482: The East Village and Lower East Side , in the mid-19th century. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, German immigrants had moved to other enclaves such as Yorkville, Manhattan ; Steinway, Queens ; and the north Brooklyn/Ridgewood area. The discovery of freshwater under northern Brooklyn resulted in the development of breweries , where many Germans worked. By 1880, there were 35 breweries in Brooklyn, including
1950-656: The Jay Street–MetroTech station in Downtown Brooklyn . From here, eastbound service heads north on Jay Street, east on Tillary Street and south on Flatbush Avenue Extension before heading east on Myrtle Avenue. Service continues along Myrtle Avenue until it turns left onto Gates Avenue. Buses then make right turns onto St. Nicholas Avenue and Palmetto Street before terminating at the Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal at Palmetto Street and Wyckoff Avenue near
2025-643: The Lenape Native Americans, specifically the Mespachtes tribe (for whom the adjacent neighborhood of Maspeth is named). In 1638, the Dutch West India Company secured a deed from the Lenape; subsequently, Peter Stuyvesant chartered present-day Bushwick in 1661 under the name Boswijck , meaning "neighborhood in the woods" in 17th-century Dutch. Likewise, Ridgewood was part of Newtown , one of
2100-482: The Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station in Ridgewood . Westbound service continues via Myrtle Avenue until Lawrence Street, where buses make a left. Buses then make a right onto MetroTech Roadway and another right onto Jay Street to get back to the terminal. The Brooklyn City Railroad was incorporated on December 17, 1853, with a capital of $ 2,500,000 (equivalent to $ 92,000,000 in 2023). Its first line,
2175-793: The National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In addition, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated four landmark districts in Ridgewood: There are two individual city-designated landmarks: The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, the Evergreens Cemetery , and St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are patrolled by
2250-783: The Vanderbilt Avenue Line and Culver Line trackage to Coney Island. The Myrtle Avenue Line was combined with the Court Street Line , which had also used the Brooklyn Bridge elevated tracks, to form the Myrtle Avenue and Court Street Line on April 3, 1938. This new route began at Garnett Street and Hamilton Avenue in Gowanus , and ran north on Court Street to Borough Hall and east on Myrtle Avenue to Palmetto Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Ridgewood. In February 1944, service
2325-467: The 104th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 64-02 Catalpa Avenue. The 104th Precinct ranked 21st safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. However, the precinct covers a large diamond-shaped area, and Maspeth and Middle Village are generally seen as safer than Ridgewood. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 19 per 100,000 people, Ridgewood and Maspeth's rate of violent crimes per capita
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2400-497: The 17th century, while the Dutch settled nearby Bushwick. The adjacent settlements led to decades of disputes over the boundary, which later became the border between Queens and Brooklyn. Bushwick was developed rapidly in the 19th century, but Ridgewood remained sparsely populated until the early 20th century, when rowhouses were built for its rapidly growing, predominantly German population. Ridgewood has become more ethnically diverse since
2475-437: The 19th century consisted mostly of picnicking locations, beer gardens, racetracks, and amusement areas for the residents of Bushwick. By the end of the century, developers had bought these sites and started constructing rowhouses and tenements, usually two to three stories high. The Ridgewood Board of Trade, created in 1902, was organized to develop the streets and utilities, and to improve the transit infrastructure. Much of
2550-626: The MTA proposed reducing bus frequencies along the B54 route in July 2019, prompting demonstrations from opponents. The changes took effect in September 2019, in spite of riders' complaints that B38 buses were frequently overcrowded even before the service cuts. Ridgewood, Queens Ridgewood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens . It borders the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth to
2625-539: The MetroTech Roadway. The change was possible because the tenant that required the security measures was leaving MetroTech; it was expected to improve reliability and provide faster service to the subway. On April 8, 2012, eastbound bus service was rerouted off of Fulton Mall, Fulton Street and Ashland Place. Instead, bus service continued via Jay Street, Tillary Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension before returning to Myrtle Avenue. In response to declining ridership,
2700-652: The Miraculous Medal Parish on 60th Place, the front entrance of the church is almost level with the second floor of the Parish school next door. Part of Ridgewood around the Linden Hill Cemetery , centered around Flushing and Metropolitan Avenues, was once known as Linden Hill, distinct from the neighborhood of Linden Hill in Flushing, Queens . Linden Street is named after this subsection of Ridgewood. Ridgewood
2775-574: The Myrtle Avenue Line, was the first horsecar line in Brooklyn; it opened on July 3, 1854. The initial line began at Fulton Ferry , and ran southeast on Fulton Street and east on Myrtle Avenue to a temporary terminus at Marcy Avenue. An extension to Broadway , then known as Division Avenue, at Bushwick was completed in December 1854. Myrtle Avenue itself had only been extended to Broadway from Cripplebush Road (today's Bedford Avenue) in 1852. On
2850-529: The aftermath of World War I, and spoke the Gottscheerish dialect. Other Eastern Europeans came as well. As recorded in the 1920 United States Census , the population of Ridgewood was mostly working-class homeowners from Germany, Austria, or Italy, with a smaller population from Hungary, Ireland, Poland, and Sweden. The demographic figures remained relatively unchanged through the 1930 United States Census . The large German presence led to disputes following
2925-412: The border between Kings and Queens Counties. In the early 20th century, developers gave the area various names, including Germania Heights, St. James Park, Ridgewood Heights, Wyckoff Heights, and Knickerbocker Heights, but only "Ridgewood" gained enough popularity past the 1910s. Ridgewood is adjacent to Bushwick, Brooklyn , and the two neighborhoods have similar histories. Both were initially settled by
3000-554: The city's other boroughs. Figures from the 1910 United States Census indicated that much of Ridgewood's population was working-class and of German or Eastern European descent, and many homes were owner-occupied. Ridgewood's German population was so large that the Ridgewood Times ' first issue in 1908 was published in both English and German. After World War I, the population expanded with an influx of Gottscheers , an ethnic German population from Slovenia who were dislocated in
3075-519: The housing stock was erected between 1905 and 1915. Most of the houses built before 1905 were wood-frame houses; that year, a zoning ordinance was passed, requiring new buildings to be made of masonry. The area was developed more quickly after the Queensboro Bridge opened in 1909, connecting Queens to Manhattan . According to a 1909 issue of the Real Estate Record and Guide , development
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3150-413: The main post office in Flushing , because they are located closer to Williamsburg. When ZIP Codes were assigned in 1963, the neighborhoods were assigned Brooklyn ZIP Codes with the 112 prefix, along with all areas whose mail was routed through a Brooklyn post office. This gave Glendale and Ridgewood a Brooklyn mailing address despite actually being located in Queens. The neighborhoods' ZIP Code of 11227
3225-683: The mid-20th century. Large parts of the neighborhood are national and city historic districts. Ridgewood is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 104th Precinct. It is represented by the New York City Council 's 30th District. The origin of the neighborhood's name is disputed. One theory is that it came from the Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park , in Brooklyn just south of Ridgewood. The reservoir
3300-401: The neighborhood in large numbers, and Ridgewood's homeownership rates increased. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Ridgewood was 69,317, a decrease of 138 (0.2%) from the 69,455 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 1,156.31 acres (467.94 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 59.9/acre (38,300/sq mi; 14,800/km ). The racial makeup of
3375-534: The neighborhood was 39.8% (27,558) White , 2.0% (1,380) African American , 0.1% (93) Native American , 7.7% (5,331) Asian , 0.0% (19) Pacific Islander , 0.3% (204) from other races , and 1.1% (765) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 49.0% (33,967) of the population. The entirety of Community Board 5, which comprises Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale, had 166,924 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years. This
3450-731: The new elevated structure on the Brooklyn Bridge on September 28, 1908; the lines accessed the structure using the Sands Street elevated station, on the Brooklyn side of the bridge. Cars returned to the old route along Myrtle Avenue and Fulton Street to the split for the new structure at Tillary Street. A separate summer-only service, called the Myrtle-Culver Line, also ran along the Myrtle Avenue surface line. It connected Ridgewood with Coney Island . It ran west on Myrtle Avenue from Ridgewood to Vanderbilt Avenue, and turned south there, using
3525-477: The north, Middle Village to the east, and Glendale to the southeast, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick to the southwest and East Williamsburg to the west. Historically, the neighborhood straddled the Queens-Brooklyn boundary. The etymology of Ridgewood's name is disputed, but it may have referred to Ridgewood Reservoir , the local geography, or a road. The British settled Ridgewood in
3600-402: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 46% in Ridgewood and Maspeth, lower than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Ridgewood is zoned for various land uses, but
3675-401: The political boundary was adapted to the street grid, resulting in a zig-zag pattern. The change resulted in 2,543 persons' addresses being reassigned from Queens to Brooklyn, and 135 persons' addresses reassigned from Brooklyn to Queens. Modern addresses in the two boroughs can be distinguished by the presence or absence of a hyphen in the house number. Queens's house numbering system uses
3750-568: The rest of the city began to be replaced by buses, particularly after the unification of the city's three primary transit companies (including the BMT) under municipal operations in June 1940. On June 30, 1949, the New York City Board of Estimate approved the full motorization of the Myrtle Avenue and Court Street Line with buses. The line was officially replaced by city-owned buses on July 17, 1949, and
3825-853: The rise of Nazi Germany , and a large, 9,000-person boycott of Nazi Germany in April 1934 resulted in brawls between Nazi sympathizers and about 200 Communists, members of the Anti-Fascist League of Brooklyn, as well as several hundred members of the Blue Shirt Minutemen of Brownsville and members of the Jewish War Veterans League. Still, in the 1939 WPA Guide to New York City, workers for the Federal Writers' Project described Ridgewood and Bushwick as "old-fashioned and respectable", and said that Ridgewood "rivals Manhattan's Yorkville as
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#17328514516563900-518: The route was split in two. Service along Myrtle Avenue was designated B54 ("B" being the designation for buses based in Brooklyn), and the line along Court Street was designated the B66 . The eastern terminal of the B54 was moved to Myrtle Avenue and Palmetto Street, and it western terminal was changed to Myrtle Avenue and Washington Avenue. Service on the B54 was initially provided with ten buses, while B66 service
3975-455: The same time period. Ridgewood and Maspeth's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Ridgewood and Maspeth, 14% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , lower than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 82% of high school students in Ridgewood and Maspeth graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%. Ridgewood's public schools are operated by
4050-418: The second day of the horsecar's operation, a boy was injured while surfing outside one of the vehicles; author Brian Cudahy described this as a “sport” that would soon become quite popular with Brooklyn youth". The Brooklyn City Railroad had planned to build a system of several horsecar lines across Brooklyn, but was only able to start horsecar service along Myrtle Avenue after buying the operating rights of
4125-617: The section of Myrtle Avenue within Brooklyn; the section within Queens is served by the Q55 bus. The B54 replaced the Myrtle Avenue Line , the first streetcar line in Brooklyn, which was built by the Brooklyn City Railroad and opened in 1854. This line initially served the entirety of Myrtle Avenue with horse cars . They were replaced with electric trolleys by July 1893, and then by
4200-533: The south—do not follow this address numbering system. Streets in this area that run perpendicular to the county line are demarcated by a jump in numbering sequence between the two boroughs. Since at least 1898, when the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens were created as part of the City of Greater New York , Glendale and Ridgewood's postal mail had been routed through the main Brooklyn post office in Williamsburg , rather than
4275-565: The three initial towns in Queens, and was settled by the British. In both neighborhoods, British and Dutch families tilled farms and grew crops for Brooklyn's and Manhattan's markets. Many of these farms also had slaves. The only known remaining Dutch farmhouse in the neighborhood is the Onderdonk House , which was erected in 1709. Also at the Onderdonk House site is Arbitration Rock ,
4350-515: The travel path of the B54's terminal loop in Downtown Brooklyn was reversed to improve traffic flow and to provide faster service to the Jay Street subway station. Service started terminating at the newly opened Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal, located on Palmetto Street, on August 20, 2010. Palmetto Street was closed to all traffic except for New York City Transit buses and deliveries. The terminal
4425-807: The turn of the 20th century. Most of the buildings were designed by local architect Louis Berger & Co. , which designed more than 5,000 buildings in the area. The neighborhood has been largely untouched by construction since then, leaving many centrally planned blocks of houses and tenements still in the same state as their construction. These blocks include the Mathews Flats (six-family cold water tenements ), Ring-Gibson Houses (two- and four-family houses with stores), and Stier Houses (curved two-family rowhouses). Many of these houses are well-kept and retain much of their early 20th century appeal. There are low-density commercial districts along Myrtle, Forest, and Metropolitan Avenues and Fresh Pond Road. Ridgewood
4500-566: The two city-owned bus routes on July 17, 1949. The Myrtle Avenue Line is distinct from the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line , which is a separate subway line that also operates along a portion of Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn . Until 1969, the BMT line also ran on elevated tracks above the entire Brooklyn section of Myrtle Avenue. The B54's western terminus is at Jay Street and Willoughby Street near
4575-455: The war's end, and by the 1930s the last farmland in Ridgewood had been developed. Some of the later houses were single-family homes with garages. Two of the more drastic changes to Ridgewood's character in the 1920s were the implementation of a street numbering system across Queens in 1925, followed by the opening of the Canarsie subway on the neighborhood's southern border in 1928. Ridgewood
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#17328514516564650-518: The western boundary of Ridgewood truly lies and whether part of Ridgewood is considered to be actually part of Brooklyn. The political dispute dates to the 17th century, when Newtown was under English rule and Boswijck was under Dutch rule. Disputes over the boundary between the two settlements continued until 1769, when a boundary line was drawn through what later became known as the Arbitration Rock . The street grid plan in Ridgewood and Bushwick
4725-500: Was among New York City's most quickly-developing neighborhoods between at least 1906 and 1911. Much of the new housing was originally settled by Germans, who had mostly moved from other neighborhoods such as Williamsburg . To the German newcomers, the modern and more expansive houses in Ridgewood provided an improvement over the cramped housing stock in their former neighborhoods. A 1913 Real Estate Record article stated that, for several years, Germans had been moving to Ridgewood from
4800-491: Was concentrated in a 150-block area around East Williamsburg in Brooklyn, namely the present-day area of Ridgewood. More than five thousand buildings were built from the beginning of the 20th century to World War I 's start in the mid-1910s. Residential construction predominated in the southern part of Ridgewood while industrial factories and mills were prevalent in the northern section, near Newtown Creek . Construction slowed down during World War I, but resumed shortly after
4875-439: Was extended over the Brooklyn Bridge to Park Row Terminal in Lower Manhattan on February 15, 1898, along with three others, including the Graham Avenue Line . Cars reached the bridge by turning off Myrtle Avenue onto Washington Street, on trackage originally built for the DeKalb Avenue Line , and turning into Sands Street on trackage from the Graham Avenue Line. The Myrtle Avenue Line was also one of seven that were moved to
4950-425: Was extended to Brooklyn's Broadway in 1855. Following this, the Bay Ridge Branch opened in 1878, connecting to Sheepshead Bay , Manhattan Beach , and the Brooklyn shorefront via the Manhattan Beach Railroad . The Myrtle Avenue elevated railroad , running above Myrtle Avenue within Brooklyn, was extended to the Queens border in 1889. An electric trolley line through Ridgewood, running to Lutheran Cemetery ,
5025-414: Was formerly a Native American trail; the other roads were laid out as plank roads in the early to mid-19th century. The development of public transportation, starting with horse-drawn cars in the mid-19th century and later succeeded by trolleys and elevated trains, helped to spur residential and retail development. The first transit line to arrive in the neighborhood was the Myrtle Avenue horsecar , which
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5175-533: Was laid out in the late 19th century. Because the Arbitration Rock lay along a diagonal with this grid plan, numerous houses were built on the Brooklyn-Queens boundary, their owners sometimes subject to taxes from both counties. During the 19th century, this resulted in situations where some houses received water and fire protection from what was then the city of Brooklyn, while their neighbors in Queens had to rely on volunteer firefighting squads and paid exorbitant water bills to private utilities in Elmhurst. In 1925,
5250-497: Was made effective January 13, 1980. The Ridgewood Times , established in 1908 and now known as the Times Newsweekly , serves as the community newspaper . It is published in English and was formerly published in German as well. The Ridgewood Post is an online version of the community newspaper. It is a part of the Queens Post group, a subsidiary of Outer Boro Media, which publishes seven local news sites in Queens and one in North Brooklyn. Ridgewood and Maspeth generally have
5325-492: Was on a high ridge in the middle of the Harbor Hill Moraine , a terminal moraine that runs the length of Long Island . Another possible etymology is the forests that covered the area before colonial settlement, and that early English settlers called the moraine the "ridge" of Long Island. Yet another possible etymology is "Ridge Road". The name was originally applied by the government of Kings County (now coextensive with Brooklyn), and referred to an area within Brooklyn along
5400-591: Was opened along a private right-of-way in 1894. Ten years later, the Myrtle Avenue Elevated was extended on a ground level alignment over that trolley line. The current elevated structure would be erected along the Lutheran Cemetery line's right-of-way in 1915. Simultaneously, northern Brooklyn was seeing an increase in the number of German immigrants . Many of the city's German immigrants had originally settled in Manhattan's Little Germany , located mostly within
5475-569: Was provided with eight buses. On September 17, 1954, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) approved a plan to cut Brooklyn bus service by 10%, including the elimination of B54 service between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. to cut costs. Free transfers would have been provided between the B53 and B57 to make up for the loss of evening and overnight B54 service. On January 20, 1955, the NYCTA approved
5550-446: Was rerouted via Navy Street, Ashland Place and Willoughby Street instead of Jay Street and Adams Street. On July 27, 1944, service was rerouted in both directions via Adams Street between Willoughby Street and Myrtle Avenue. After elevated railroads stopped operating on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1944, the trolley routes began using the former elevated railroad tracks. Beginning in the 1920s, many streetcar lines in Queens , Brooklyn , and
5625-434: Was shared with Bushwick, Brooklyn , as well as with Wyckoff Heights on the border of the two boroughs. After the 1977 New York City blackout , newspapers around the country published UPI and Associated Press ' photos of Bushwick residents with stolen items and a police officer beating a suspected looter, and Bushwick became known for riots and looting. Afterward, the communities of Ridgewood and Glendale expressed
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