Stride StoriesWalking tour · Brooklyn
Dyker Heights Lights Walk
1.2 mi walk
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Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course
Look out across the open green of the golf course. In 1895 the city of Brooklyn began buying this land for a very different idea: a seaside park. The firm of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot was hired to design it. The plan had a saltwater lagoon, playgrounds, bathhouses, lawns and drives along the shore.
The hill and the handsomest suburb
Look up the rise here, around 11th Avenue and 82nd Street. It's about 110 feet high, the tallest natural point in southwest Brooklyn.
The Dyker Heights Christmas lights
Look at the houses along here. After dark, from Thanksgiving to early January, they're lit up and decorated. Out of season, it's just a row of big houses.
The Home for Blind Babies
Stand here on 84th Street, near 13th Avenue. The building is gone, and no plaque turned up. But around 1906, a house on this block became the Dyker Heights Home for Blind Babies.
The Dyker Heights Club House and Dyker Heights Boulevard
Look at the corner of 13th Avenue and 86th Street. Read the street signs. This is where Dyker Heights Boulevard begins.
Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source
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