by Ramon Taylor

"Dyker Lights" is one of New York's most extravagant holiday attractions, and chances are you've never heard of it. Just minutes away from Manhattan's flashy skyline, a mostly Italian-American residential neighborhood in Brooklyn hosts over 100,000 visitors per year, in one of the wackiest holiday light displays in the country.

Dyker Heights, nicknamed the handsomest suburb of Greater New York, started out as a luxury housing development in 1895. The early 20th-century homes that line the avenues are still grand and imposing. During the holiday season, however, the gracious old neighborhood takes on a more radical personality.

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