Manhattan Beach is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, by Sheepshead Bay on the north, and Brighton Beach to the west. Traditionally known as an Ashkenazi Jewish neighborhood, it is also home to a sizable community of Sephardi Jews and a large Russian Jewish presence. It is known for being one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Brooklyn, with some of the borough's most expensive real estate. Houses in Manhattan Beach often cost in the millions. The area is part of Brooklyn Community Board 15.[1] Manhattan Beach is also a beach by the same name on the Atlantic Ocean situated on the eastern end of Coney Island. It was developed in the last quarter of the 19th century as a resort by Austin Corbin, later president of the Long Island Rail Road.[2]
Education
Kingsborough Community College, which is the part of the City University of New York, occupies the entire eastern tip of the Manhattan Beach. The college's halls and departments are spread out through the area. During World War II the college site was a training station for the U.S. Maritime Service. From 1954 to 1958 it was Manhattan Beach Air Force Station, a processing facility for Air Force people traveling to and from bases in Europe and North Africa. Manhattan Beach, like all of New York City, is served by the New York City Department of Education. Manhattan Beach is zoned to PS 195 Manhattan Beach School for grades K-5 and PS 225 The Eileen E. Zaglin School for grades 6-8 (Zaglin takes students from K-8 but Manhattan Beach is zoned to a different school for K-5). Manhattan Beach is not zoned to any high schools, as all New York City high school students are required to apply to their high schools of choice. Private schools in the area include the Yeshiva of Manhattan Beach, a Jewish day school for grades K-8.
Nearby high schools include:
- Rachel Carson's School of Coastal Studies
- John Dewey High School
- The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences
- William E. Grady Vocational High School
- Sheepshead Bay High School
- Abraham Lincoln High School
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Manhattan Beach
References
- ^ Brooklyn Community Boards, New York City. Accessed December 31, 2007.
- ^ The New York and Manhattan Beach Railway, LIRR History. Accessed June 4, 2007. "Immediately the whole purpose of the new RR was changed from freight to passenger, in order to service Corbin’s proposed line to the site of his immense Manhattan Beach Hotel that was being constructed on the east end of Coney Island."
