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Brighton Beach, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Brighton Beach fronts the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, between Coney Island at Ocean Parkway and Manhattan Beach at Corbin Place.
About Brighton Beach
Where to stay in Brighton Beach
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Brighton Beach has two halves. The beach side faces the Atlantic Ocean and puts the sand and the boardwalk at the door, while the streets back toward the Belt Parkway trade that for quiet and a shorter run up to Sheepshead Bay. Coney Island lies just west.
Beds spread across the greater Coney Island area, so the practical choice is often a base near Ocean Parkway or over toward Manhattan Beach at Corbin Place, with a walk along the shore each morning.
About Brighton Beach
What are the main landmarks in Brighton Beach?
Two names sit on the landmark list. The Brighton Beach Race Course carries the neighborhood's own name, and the beach and boardwalk along the Atlantic Ocean supply everything else, continuing west to Ocean Parkway where Coney Island proper begins. Sand does the rest.
Manhattan Beach picks up at Corbin Place on the eastern side, Sheepshead Bay lies inland beyond the Belt Parkway, and the whole of it belongs to the southern edge of Brooklyn.
What is the history of Brighton Beach?
Brighton Beach belongs to the greater Coney Island area. That is the frame the neighborhood sits inside, a shelf of Brooklyn between the Atlantic Ocean and the Belt Parkway, with Coney Island proper beginning at Ocean Parkway on one side and Manhattan Beach at Corbin Place on the other. One landmark keeps the old name.
The Brighton Beach Race Course appears on the neighborhood's list alongside an Orthodox cathedral, and between them and the run of sand toward Sheepshead Bay they hold most of what is recorded for this corner of New York City.
Where is Brighton Beach?
Brighton Beach runs along the Atlantic Ocean shore, with Coney Island west at Ocean Parkway, Manhattan Beach east at Corbin Place and Sheepshead Bay to the north.
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Updated August 2026