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Bayswater was originally named O'Neill's Point after the first European settlers in the area, brothers Allan and James O'Neill. Originally settling at the point (which still bears their name) at the end of the peninsula in the 1840s, by the 1850s the O'Neills owned the entire peninsula. Sometime later the area was renamed Bayswater after one of the more expensive new inner suburbs of London. The London Bayswater is located north of Hyde Park and was developed during the middle of the 19th century. The name was chosen for the Auckland suburb to evoke a sense of style as well as being a straight description of its physical location as a seaside development.

O'Neill’s Point Cemetery is located at 122 Bayswater Avenue. It was opened in 1891 and named after Alan and James O'Neill. The cemetery contains the official war graves of 41 men who served in the New Zealand forces and one man who served with the UK forces during World War I and who died before September 1, 1921. A number of World War I graves (returned soldiers and soldiers who died of the flu and other causes at the nearby Narrow Neck army camp) can be found here.

opened in 1923 this notable building was the clubhouse for the Takapuna Boating Club until they relocated to Takapuna Beach in the 1970s.

In 1910, the Anglican church of St. Michael and All Angels was moved to Bayswater from its original position on Church Street, Devonport, where Holy Trinity Church now stands. The church was dedicated in 1865. It took the place of the first St. Michael's church, which was also constructed in 1865 but was destroyed by fire in 1908. In 2011 the church was deconsecrated and in 2013 it was repurposed as a martial arts studio .

The company ran steam trams from the ferry terminal in Bayswater to Takapuna.

To the north of Bayswater, Shoal Bay is a DoC high priority site of special wildlife interest, SSWI, because of its significance for wading birds. Many shore birds graze in this significant estuary. Every year, the bar tailed godwit migrates from Alaska to New Zealand. About 200 come to the Shoal Bay estuary in March to feed, relax, and then return. Shoal Bay is also home to the New Zealand Dotterel, which builds its nests above high tide and descends to the estuary at low tide to forage.

Bayswater School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of as of The school celebrated its 50th Jubilee in 2003. Yachtsman Peter Blake was an alumnus of the school.

Bayswater Park, community football pitches. The park, along with Stanley Bay Park, is home to North Shore United AFC. Belmont Park Racquets Club, Established in 1935 the club provides tennis and squash courts. Belmont Park Bowling Club, crown green bowling. Takapuna Grammar School Rowing Club have their boathouse at Bayswater Marina.