Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn

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 to the north and Brighton Beach to the west. Traditionally known as an Italian and Ashkenazi Jewish neighborhood, it is also home to a sizable community of Sephardi Jews and a large Russian Jewish population that largely owns the retail businesses in nearby Brighton Beach. It is known for being one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Brooklyn, with some of the borough's most expensive real estate. The area is part of Brooklyn Community Board 15, which is represented by the Manhattan Beach Community Group, established 67 years ago, and the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association, established in 2008.

Manhattan Beach is named for its beach on the Atlantic Ocean that is situated on the eastern end of Coney Island. It was developed as a resort in the last quarter of the 19th century by Austin Corbin, later president of the Long Island Rail Road. Corbin Place at the west end of Manhattan Beach was originally his namesake street, but a column by Denis Hamill in The Daily News in January 2007 brought Mr. Corbin’s anti-Semitism to light. Even in this highly Jewish neighborhood, residents felt that changing the street name would cause confusion (although some argued that keeping his name in this heavily Jewish neighborhood was the best revenge against his hatred), so the street was rededicated in March 2007 and officially named after Margaret Corbin (a 25-year-old Revolutionary War hero who, with her husband, fought the British in Upper Manhattan in 1776 but who probably never visited Brooklyn). (The two Corbins were unrelated.)

The public Manhattan Beach cement esplanade (promenade) along the Atlantic Ocean dates back to the mid-1800s, but in 1993 a state judge ruled that it is private property that belongs to shorefront homeowners. Under a November 2010 proposal, the eight-block rickety walkway would be reopened and replaced with a new promenade. It would connect with the neighborhood’s public beach to the east and the Brighton Beach and Coney Island boardwalk to the west.

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Education
Kingsborough Community College, which is the part of the City University of New York, occupies the entire eastern tip of Manhattan Beach (the site of a former Coast Guard station). The college's halls and departments are spread out through the area.

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 to 8, but Manhattan Beach is zoned to a different school for K to 5. PS 225, just west of Manhattan Beach, is named after Eileen E. Zaglin, who served community school district 21 and its children for more than 30 years as a teacher, guidance counselor and administrator. The building dates from 1929. In 1992 special education school P771K was opened at this building. This school has a unique program. Sharon Paskal, a former teacher at this school, has played for the Sharks since their very first game in 1999.

The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences is located in the area, on the campus of Kingsborough College. Private schools in the area include the Yeshiva of Manhattan Beach, a Jewish day school for grades K to 8, and the Yeshiva Gedolah Bais Shimon of Manhattan Beach, which is a post-high school rabbinical program.

Other nearby high schools include:
 * Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies
 * John Dewey High School
 * William E. Grady Vocational High School
 * Sheepshead Bay High School
 * Abraham Lincoln High School
 * The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences (formerly known as Kingsborough High School)

Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Manhattan beach include:
 * William Modell (1921–2008), chairman of the Modell's Sporting Goods retail chain.