Manhattan Beach is a residential neighborhood in the

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. It is bounded by the

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to the south and east, by Sheepshead Bay on the north, and

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to the west. Traditionally known as an Italian and

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neighborhood, it is also home to a sizable community of

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and a large Russian Jewish immigrant presence. Manhattan Beach is part of Brooklyn Community District 15, and its primary ZIP Code is 11235. It is patrolled by the 61st Precinct of the

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. Politically it is represented by the

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's 48th District. The area is also represented by the Manhattan Beach Community Group, established in 1941, and the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association, established in 2008.

History

Manhattan Beach was the most upscale of the three major resort areas that developed at Coney Island shortly after the

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; the other two areas were

and West Brighton. It was developed in the last quarter of the 19th century as a resort by Austin Corbin, later president of the

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, for whom the street Corbin Place, which marks the boundary between Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, was named. In 1877, Corbin built the famous Manhattan Beach Hotel, followed by the even grander Oriental Hotel in 1880. The Coney Island Jockey Club horse racing track opened nearby at the same time as Corbin's Oriental Hotel; together, these three establishments drew thousands of visitors to Manhattan Beach. The hotels held daily concerts led by famous conductors such as Conterno, Gilmore, and John Philip Sousa, and hosted elaborate nightly fireworks displays, drawing tens of thousands of visitors on summer nights and making Manhattan Beach a renowned summer seaside resort. Sousa composed the "Manhattan Beach" march in 1893 to commemorate the beach resort. Corbin, an anti-Semite who served as the secretary of the American Society for the Suppression of Jews, barred Jews from the resort.Marc R. Matrana
''Lost Plantations of the South''
Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2009, pp. 40–43 In 1895, Corbin built a 12,000 capacity third-mile concrete cycling track behind the hotel at a cost of $30,000. The U.S. Coast Guard operated a training station at Manhattan Beach during

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. After the deterioration of the hotel industry in the area, the site of the former Manhattan Beach hotel was developed into a residential area and into Manhattan Beach Park by the New York City Parks Department. Manhattan Beach Park opened to the public in 1955, to alleviate crowding at the neighboring beaches of Coney Island and Brighton Beach, and continues to serve the public today. From 1954 to 1959, the neighborhood was home to Manhattan Beach Air Force Station. From the 1980s, Manhattan Beach has become an enclave for higher end middle class

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. The Manhattan Beach Jewish Center was listed on the

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in 2015.

Political representation

Politically, Manhattan Beach is in New York's 8th congressional district. It is in the

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's 22nd district, the

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's 45th district, and the

's 48th district.

Police and crime

Manhattan Beach is patrolled by the 61st Precinct of the NYPD, located at 2575 Coney Island Avenue. The 61st Precinct ranked 5th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The 61st Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 88.2% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 1 murder, 17 rapes, 150 robberies, 170 felony assaults, 169 burglaries, 584 grand larcenies, and 72 grand larcenies auto in 2018.

Fire safety

Manhattan Beach is served by the

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(FDNY)'s Engine Co. 246/Ladder Co. 169, located at 2732 East 11th Street.

Education

Schools and institutes

PS 195 Kingsborough Community College, which is the part of the

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, occupies the entire eastern tip of Manhattan Beach. The college's halls and departments are spread out through the area. The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences is located on the campus of Kingsborough Community College. The New York City Department of Education operates public schools in the area. Manhattan Beach is zoned to PS 195 Manhattan Beach School for grades K–5 and PS 225, the Eileen E. Zaglin School for grades pre school– middle school. In 1992, special education school PS 771K was opened at this building. Private schools in the area include the Yeshiva of Manhattan Beach, a Jewish day school for grades K–8, and the Yeshiva Gedolah Bais Shimon of Manhattan Beach, which is a post-high school rabbinical program.

Library

While there is no location of the

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in Manhattan Beach, the Sheepshead Bay branch nearby is located at 2636 East 14th Street, near Avenue Z.

Transportation

Public transportation

Manhattan Beach is served by

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' bus routes. Both operate along Oriental Boulevard.

Roads

The community's street names, derived from England, are in alphabetical order from A to P. From west to east, they are named Amherst, Beaumont, Coleridge, Dover, Exeter, Falmouth, Girard, Hastings, Irwin, Jaffray, Kensington, Langham, Mackenzie, Norfolk, Oxford, and Pembroke; the names Quentin and Reynolds exist on old maps. The A-P streets are bounded by Shore Boulevard and Oriental Boulevard and are partially intersected by Hampton Avenue. Corbin Place was originally named for Austin Corbin, the original developer of Manhattan Beach; in 2007, it was renamed M. Corbin Place for American Revolutionary War patriot Margaret Corbin. Austin Corbin had restricted Jewish guests at his hotel and enacted restrictive covenants to prevent Jews from buying real estate in the area. After Austin Corbin's death the policy was canceled and the neighborhood attracted a large number of Jewish residents.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning, there were 40,000+ White residents, there were between 10,000 and 19,999 Asian residents, 5,000 and 9,999 Hispanic residents, and less than 5000 Black residents.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Manhattan Beach include: * Marv Albert (born 1941), sportscaster. *

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(born 1969), filmmaker * Jay Diamond (born 1951),

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host who began his move to the radio by being a frequent caller to other radio programs. * Bruce J. Katz (b. 1959), Vice President at the

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. *

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(1917–1994), comic book artist who was the co-creator of

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and

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. * Howard L. Lasher (1944–2007), former NY State Assemblyman. * Mell Lazarus (1927–2016), cartoonist. * Samuel Leibowitz (1893–1978), judge, who defended Al Capone and the Scottsboro Boys as an attorney. * William Modell (1921–2008), chairman of the Modell's Sporting Goods

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. * Stephen J. Solarz (1940–2010), former U.S. Congressman. Perlez, Jane
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'', January 23, 1982. Accessed February 20, 2018. "The spine of Mr. Solarz's district is Brooklyn's Ocean Parkway. It reaches out to Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, where Mr. Solarz lives with his mother-in-law when he is in the district."

References

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* {{authority control Ashkenazi Jewish culture in New York City Beaches of Brooklyn Coney Island Italian-American culture in New York City Neighborhoods in Brooklyn Populated coastal places in New York (state) Russian-Jewish culture in New York City Sephardi Jewish culture in New York City