Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
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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. The area is part of Brooklyn Community Board 15,[1] which is represented by the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association.
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] Aside from serving his own needs as president of the LIRR he was also a rabid anti-semite, which led to Corbin Place (a street in Manhattan Beach named after him) being rededicated in honor of a Revolutionary War hero by the same last name, Corbin.[citation needed]
[edit] Education
Kingsborough Community College, which is the part of the City University of New York, occupies the entire eastern tip of 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. PS 225 is named after Eileen E. Zaglin, who served community school district 21 and its children for over 30 years as a teacher, guidance counselor and administrator. Her caring, concern, sensitivity and wisdom touched the lives of all those she knew and served. The building dates from 1929. In 1992 special education school P771K was opened at this building. This school has an unique program. Sharon Paskal, a former teacher at this school, has played for the Sharks since their very first game in 1999.
Manhattan Beach is not zoned to any high schools in particular, as all New York City high school students are allowed 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, and the Yeshiva Gedolah Bais Shimon of Manhattan Beach, which is a post-high school rabbinical program.
Nearby high schools include:
- Rachel Carson High School for 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
- Kingsborough Early College Secondary School
[edit] Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Manhattan beach include:
- William Modell (1921-2008), chairman of the Modell's Sporting Goods retail chain.[3]
[edit] 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."
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis. "William D. Modell, Seller of Sporting Goods, Is Dead at 86", New York Times, 2008-02-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
