Manhattan Beach is a residential neighborhood located in the borough of Brooklyn, New York. It is part of Brooklyn Community Board 15. The neighborhood is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, by Sheepshead Bay on the north, and Brighton Beach to the west.
Most of the residents in Manhattan Beach are professionals who have retired from medical practice and other vocations who look forward to tranquil autumns of their lives. Some families in such homes have inherited them from earlier generations and are deeply attached to the gentle traditions of Manhattan Beach. Just a train or bus ride from downtown Manhattan, Manhattan Beach is an affordable, appealing, and convenient escape from New York City’s concrete throng.
As of 2010 census, there were 2,966 people residing in the area. The median income for a household in the village is $64,782.
Manhattan Beach Park, on Brooklyn’s southern tip, is a popular summertime destination for people from all over New York City.
Manhattan Beach Plaza.
In the 19th century, it was founded as an urban resort by Austin Corbin, president of the Long Island Railroad. Today, the neighborhood is a perfect place for summer vacations. The tennis courts on Manhattan Beach are popping with pick-up matches, barbecues fired up for hot dogs, and picnics spread across burly wooden tables. But it’s not just the family-beach atmosphere that makes Manhattan Beach so appealing. Its somewhat remote boardwalk affords beautiful views of Breezy Point, the tip of Rockaway Peninsula, and a collection of stately million-dollar mansions.
A pedestrian bridge called the Ocean Avenue Bridge crosses Sheepshead Bay.
K195 – P.S. 195 Manhattan Beach – K195 William Haberle – New York City.
Aside from that, Manhattan Beach is also a horseshoe crab mating ground. Every May and June, female horseshoe crabs crawl out of the Atlantic Ocean and onto Manhattan Beach with their male suitors are literally hanging onto their hard-shelled tails. Once on the solid shores, the female crabs burrow into the sands and bury close to 20,000 tiny green eggs, then stand aside to watch the male horseshoes compete to fertilize them. Well-known people living in Manhattan Beach include Samuel Leibowitz (late New York State Supreme Court Justice), Donald M. Halperin (Senator), and Stephen J. Solarz (Congressman).
Oriental Boulevard at Mackenzie Street Bus Stop.
NY Aquarium runs along the boardwalk from the far end of the Manhattan Beach into Coney Island on Surf Avenue.
The Coleridge School-Byron Campus is a private school on Shore Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and Falmouth Street. Its front porch, adorned with gargoyles and lions, overlooks Sheepshead Bay. It has about 90 children in nursery school through fourth grade. There are also nearby public schools which include Reynolds Junior High School in Sheepshead Bay and Mark Twain for the Gifted and Talented in Coney Island. Manhattan Beach is considered one of the safest areas in the borough. Possibly the area’s largest problem is its popularity with outsiders in the summer. There are about eight extra patrolmen, some mounted officers on duty during peak season to maintain peace and order in Manhattan Beach.
Looking out towards Sheepshead Bay from Shore Avenue in Manhattan Beach.
Looking out towards Sheepshead Bay from Shore Avenue in Manhattan Beach.
