As the holiday season approaches, New York City becomes one of the most picturesque places on Earth.
The Christmas tree and the ice rink at Rockefeller Center along with the holiday lights display around Times Square and Radio City Music Hall tend to get a lot of attention, but there is a real winter wonderland in a historic section of Brooklyn that begs to be discovered by means of a NYC Limousine tour.
Unlike the commercial winter wonderlands that crop up as amusement parks for the holidays, the Dyker Heights Christmas lights display is an amazing neighborly effort to help people get into the spirit of the season.
History of the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights
The New York Times describes Dyker Heights as the most formidable display of Christmas pageantry in the city. Over the last few decades, Dyker Heights has welcomed television news crews, journalists, filmmakers, and visitors from all over the world who flock to this handsome Brooklyn neighborhood between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day. Many tourists choose to see the lights from the comfort of a NYC limousine.
Dyker Heights is located near the Bay Ridge and Gravesend Bay districts, not far from the historic Fort Hamilton military installation. This neighborhood has traditionally attracted upper class Italian American families; some notable residents include Maria Bartiromo of CNBC and actor Scott Baio. In the early 1980s, some Dyker Heights residents decided to liven up the neighborhood with Christmas light yard displays that would be the envy of Brooklyn.
It only took a few years for the Dyker Heights Christmas decorations to attract NY Times reporters on an annual basis. Pretty soon NYC limousine tours were cruising past the homes on 11th and 13th Avenues after dusk.
Dyker Heights NYC Limousine Tours
The best way to see the Dyker Heights Christmas lights is from the comfortable interior of a NYC limousine. Adding Dyker Heights to a four hour tour of the city is perfect for the holidays.
NYCLimoPickups.com lets you include Dyker Heights and the iconic Brooklyn Bridge as part of your tour, which can also visit Rockefeller Center and other Manhattan spots that have been nicely decorated for the season. The choice of NYC limousine for the tour is yours; the black or white stretch limousines are holiday classics, but you may also be interested in the modern Escalade limo. For more information about these NYC holiday limo tours, call 718-593-9446 or send us an email to info@nyclimopickups.com