# Opinion of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-of-bay-ridge-brooklyn/738887 "2015-11-29T00:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-of-bay-ridge-brooklyn/738887/1 "2015-11-29T00:03:26Z")
What is your opinion of the blue-collar, working class neighborhood of Southern Brooklyn? One of the most beautiful neighborhoods in N.Y.C. The neighborhood is politically conservative, having voted for Republican Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, and Joe Lhota for mayor and currently represented in the State Senate by Republican Martin Golden. The neighborhood was in the 1977 classic _Saturday Night Fever_. [http://50.56.218.160/archive/category.php?category\_id=27&id=18162](http://50.56.218.160/archive/category.php?category_id=27&id=18162) > **[In Public Service: Gentile goes from young democrat to senior councilmember –...](https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/11/24/in-public-service-gentile-goes-from-young-democrat-to-senior-councilmember/)** > **[Voices From the Boroughs: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (Published 2009)](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/nyregion/03brooklyn.html)** > > There are roughly six registered Democrats for every Republican in the city, but in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Republicans are not hard to find. > **[A Tale of Two Boroughs: Bill de Blasio Rarely Visits Brooklyn GOP Strongholds](https://observer.com/2014/08/a-tale-of-two-boroughs-bill-de-blasio-rarely-visits-brooklyn-gop-strongholds-2/)** > > Mayor Bill de Blasio has rarely visited conservative areas of Brooklyn since becoming mayor in January. > **[Last gasp of the GOP in Bay Ridge?](https://nypost.com/2009/10/28/last-gasp-of-the-gop-in-bay-ridge-2/)** > > The battle between a Democratic incumbent and a Republican upstart isn’t just a race for Bay Ridge’s Council seat — it’s a litmus test for conservatives in the borough’s longtime right-wing strongh… ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-of-bay-ridge-brooklyn/738887/2 "2015-11-29T00:12:23Z")
Never been there or even heard of it. What’s your opinion of Niwot? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-of-bay-ridge-brooklyn/738887/3 "2015-11-29T00:18:05Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > What is your opinion of the blue-collar, working class neighborhood of Southern Brooklyn? Well, it’s no Queens or Staten Island. Neither is Niwot. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-of-bay-ridge-brooklyn/738887/4 "2015-11-29T00:24:02Z")
Bay Ridge is fantastic and has several excellent pizza places. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-of-bay-ridge-brooklyn/738887/5 "2015-11-29T00:41:04Z")
Relatively affordable rent, great middle eastern food. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-of-bay-ridge-brooklyn/738887/6 "2015-11-29T01:47:28Z")
Bay Ridge lies about two neighborhoods to my south. I know some people there. Some people in Bay Ridge are upset about bigots who don’t want any social change. Some people in Bay Ridge would like to know why bigots don’t want gays in the military. One of my former professors lives in Bay Ridge. He doesn’t care for bigots, either.