[3] By the following year, he had been joined by Dr. Enoch Chase, Joel Wilcox, Alexander Stewart, and Elijah Estes.

By 1879, Bay View had a population of 2,592, and incorporated as a village, on approx 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km2; 360 ha) of land.

[6] Labor Unions began in Bay View in 1868 when puddlers at the mill formed a Sons of Vulcan local.

Bay View was annexed because of the "Fernwood Model", where the neighborhood received many incentives from the city of Milwaukee such as sewers, sidewalks, street lights, and other public necessities.

[9]In 1982, a portion of the east side of the original village was listed by the National Register of Historic Places as the Bay View Historic District, with about 330 buildings mostly built between 1870 and 1915 which give the feel of the company town that Bay View once was.

Humboldt park also hosts a music series in the summer called Chill on the Hill on Tuesday nights and houses a seasonal "beer garden" with food and alcohol in a picnic-style setting.

[23] Bay View has a history of local art which has blossomed with what some have called a "renaissance" of the community.

[24] Many bars and venues host a rotating display of locally produced art, and several galleries have cropped up along the Kinnickinnic Avenue which runs through the area.

Many area parents avoided the school due to substandard graduation rates and test scores.

By 2011 there was a movement from area parents to revive the school's reputation by creating a university preparatory track.