---
type: Neighborhood
title: Bay View
description: 'Bay View, a neighborhood on Milwaukee''s south lakefront.'
slug: bay-view
id: 'https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/bay-view#neighborhood'
status: draft
municipality: Milwaukee
geo:
  lat: 42.9946
  lng: -87.8983
same_as:
  - 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4874146'
sources:
  - id: city-neighborhood-map
    resource: >-
      https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer/4
    title: >-
      City of Milwaukee neighborhood boundaries (planning special districts,
      layer 4)
  - id: city-neighborhood-dataset
    resource: 'https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/neighborhoods'
    title: 'Neighborhoods, City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal'
  - id: wikidata-bay-view
    resource: 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4874146'
    title: 'Bay View (Q4874146), Wikidata'
generated:
  by: 'agent:claude-opus-5-5'
  at: '2026-11-01T16:00:13.000Z'
verified: []
tags: []
photos:
  - file: /neighborhoods/bay-view/south-shore-park.jpg
    credit: Akaila of the Willows
    license: CC0
    source: 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthShore_Park_1.jpg'
    caption: South Shore Park and Lake Michigan
---

# Overview

Bay View is a neighborhood on Milwaukee's south side along Lake Michigan [city-neighborhood-map]. Humboldt Park is in it [city-neighborhood-map].

# Notes

The name and boundary come from the City of Milwaukee neighborhood map, checked 2026-11-01. The point above is the center of that boundary. Wikidata item Q4874146 is labeled "Bay View" and described as a settlement in Milwaukee, checked 2026-11-01.

## Sources

1. [City of Milwaukee neighborhood boundaries \(planning special districts, layer 4\)](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer/4)
2. [Neighborhoods, City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/neighborhoods)
3. [Bay View \(Q4874146\), Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4874146)