8701 5th Ave APT 002R, Brooklyn, NY 11209

Shaped like a guitar pick, Bay Ridge covers three square miles next to New York Harbor, with a population of about 80,000, according to census figures.The neighborhood has mostly absorbed Fort Hamilton the area around the Army base south of 86th Street, which is Bay Ridges busiest commercial strip while at the same time becoming distinct from places like Sunset Park.The R train underneath Fourth Avenue gets commuters to Midtown in about 45 minutes. A number of interborough bus lines serve Bay Ridge, including the B63, the B64 and the B70. The x27 express bus, which runs along Shore Road, takes about half an hour to reach Lower Manhattan.