Haunted Bay Ridge Walking Tour

As the days grow shorter and the winds begin to howl, ghouls, ghosts, long-legged beasts, and other nameless wretches caught between worlds reinhabit ours and keep us from a good night’s sleep.

From a faceless woman late one night on a lonely street near a local church, to the murders of an old spinster and kidnappers, to a ghost haunting a local railroad, to a shadow being watching a little boy, 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.

Led by James Scully — NYC historian, tour guide, podcaster, director / co-creator of the award-winning historical audio fiction soap opera, , and creator of the upcoming — our unique haunted Bay Ridge experience will focus on and include:

• Stories of M**der 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

• How the death of a young woman along the Coney island and Sea Beach railroad led to a ghost haunting the train tracks soon after

• 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!

See you there!

* Please bring water and comfortable shoes as we’ll be doing a lot of walking. This tour will happen rain or shine, unless there is torrential rain, which then a makeup date will be announced.

** Runtime for this tour is roughly 90-120 minutes.

*** This tour begins across the street from The Gingerbread House at 29 83rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11209 and ends near Xaverian High School.