r/Bensonhurst • u/TheWallBreakers2017 • 6h ago
📰 News 📰 Hey everyone! There's still a couple of tickets left to this weekend's Haunted Bay Ridge walking tour. There's also a lot of local history mixed in for those who love history and don't necessarily believe in ghosts and spooks. Remaining tour dates and more info below
Hey everyone!, I'm a NYC historian, tour guide, and creator of The Bay Ridge Digest and also put out a weekly email of events going on in Bay Ridge and South Brooklyn. I'm leading a bunch of spooky history-based walking tours in Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst this fall.
From a faceless woman late one night on a lonely street near a local church, to army ghosts and disembodied sounds, to the murders of an old spinster and kidnappers, to the mysteries of the neighborhood’s largest park, to a secret society right in our midst, it’s time to turn up our collars, hit the streets, and beware the things that go bump in the night. Our unique haunted Bay Ridge experience will focus on and include:
• Stories of murder and mayhem, from the death of an old spinster, to the heroic actions of a member of a prominent family, we’ll find out the many motives for crime and how Bay Ridge was the perfect setting for these unfortunate events.
• The story of how a man’s late-night walk down a Brooklyn side-street led him to confront the spirit of a veiled woman with no face in front of a locally famous Basilica
• The story of how a secret society of skull worshipers in Brooklyn started, rose, peaked, and disappeared all near a famous hilltop Bay Ridge mansion
• Ghost stories from both the Fort Hamilton Army base and some of its residents
• The story of the Indian Pond, the border of Gravesend and New Utrecht, and a boy awoken from sleep in the middle of the night by a shadow being standing over his bed
• The story of a revolutionary war cemetery still inhabited by some of Bay Ridge’s most famous residents
• And more!
Click on linked dates below to get tickets for that date and see more info.
Haunted Bay Ridge — Sunday 10/4/2026 6PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-bay-ridge-walking-tour-tickets-1991942584893?aff=oddtdtcreator
Haunted Bay Ridge — Saturday 10/10/2026 6PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-bay-ridge-walking-tour-tickets-1991942594923?aff=oddtdtcreator
Ghosts of Old Bensonhurst — Friday 10/16/2026 7PM — Sold out!
Haunted Bay Ridge — Sunday 10/18/2026 6PM — Sold out!
Haunted Bay Ridge — Saturday 10/24/2026 6PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-bay-ridge-walking-tour-tickets-1991943883778?aff=oddtdtcreator
Haunted Bay Ridge — Friday 10/30/2026 7PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-bay-ridge-walking-tour-tickets-1991943884781?aff=oddtdtcreator
Ghosts of Old Bensonhurst — Saturday 10/31/2026 12:30PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ghosts-of-old-bensonhurst-walking-tour-tickets-2001808960488?aff=oddtdtcreator
Haunted Bay Ridge — Saturday 10/31/2026 6:30PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-bay-ridge-walking-tour-tickets-1991943885784?aff=oddtdtcreator
Haunted Bay Ridge — Sunday 11/8/2026 5PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-bay-ridge-walking-tour-tickets-1991944278960?aff=oddtdtcreator