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Sheepshead Bay, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sheepshead Bay fronts the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Parkway bounds it west, Kings Highway north, and Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue east.
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Where to stay in Sheepshead Bay
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Sheepshead Bay is a residential quarter of Brooklyn rather than a hotel district, and visitors who want a room within walking distance of the water usually look to Brighton Beach or Coney Island instead. Homecrest sits to the west. Midwood lies north of Kings Highway, close enough that a stay there still puts Nostrand Avenue and the Atlantic Ocean shoreline within a short ride.
Rooms thin out east of Gerritsen Avenue.
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Sheepshead Bay
A residential run of the south of Brooklyn where the Atlantic Ocean forms the whole lower boundary and St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Cathedral stands among the blocks. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Sheepshead Bayseafront beds one neighbourhood west of Nostrand AvenueBrighton Beach
The adjoining Brooklyn shore district beyond Ocean Parkway, on the same stretch of sand that carries on past Manhattan Beach and Coney Island.Find hotels in Brighton BeachHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Sheepshead Bay
What are the main landmarks in Sheepshead Bay?
Two of the three are racecourses. The Sheepshead Bay Race Track and the Brighton Beach Race Course both carry racing in their names, and together they account for most of what the record lists for this corner of Brooklyn. The third is St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Cathedral, which stands among the residential blocks as the one place of worship on a list otherwise given over to sport.
What is the history of Sheepshead Bay?
Racing gave the place its old names. The Sheepshead Bay Race Track and the Brighton Beach Race Course both survive on the record of this shore neighbourhood, which runs south from Kings Highway until the land gives out at the Atlantic Ocean. Roads mark the other edges.
Ocean Parkway holds the west, Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue the east, and past them Midwood and Gerritsen Beach take over.
Where is Sheepshead Bay?
The Atlantic Ocean closes the south. Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach and Coney Island lie west, Midwood north of Kings Highway, and Gerritsen Beach east.
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What is the best area to stay in Sheepshead Bay?
Sheepshead Bay: shorefront walks between Ocean Parkway and Gerritsen Beach. Brighton Beach: seafront beds one neighbourhood west of Nostrand Avenue.
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Updated October 2026