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How well do you really know Bay Ridge?

Test your knowledge on the South Brooklyn nabe.

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On Jul 12, 2016
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Before it was called Bay Ridge, the neighborhood was dubbed this, after the color of its soil.

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Bay Ridge is home to this cemetery, known to be the borough's smallest, at the corner of Narrows Avenue and Mackay Place.

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Bay Ridge was the backdrop for which famous disco flick?

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This Bay Ridgeite and co-founder of the NAACP has an avenue and school in the nabe named after her.

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In which year was construction of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge completed?

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Which of the following television series has never filmed in Bay Ridge?

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This "Mad Men" character is proud to have been born in Bay Ridge in the 1930's.

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The now-shuttered Yellow Hook Grille (7003 Third Avenue) was once home to this well-loved thin-crust pizza place.

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This Olympian, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, is a graduate of Xaverian High School.

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This small Bay Ridge park just off the entrance to the Belt Parkway is most commonly referred to as "Cannonball Park."

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The private residence shown here sits at the corner of Narrows Avenue and 83rd Street and is nothing short of a spectacle most commonly known to Ridgeites as…

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Which of the following police precincts patrols the neighborhood?

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The neighborhood's strong Nordic roots live on today in which annual parade?

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This former New York Jets quarterback was the grand marshal of the 17th of May Parade in 2010.

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What is the formal name of the 69th Street Pier?

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