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Internet Links: Brighton Beach
Introduction

Brighton Beach
http://www.brightonbeach.com
Sponsored by the Brighton Neighborhood Association, this website presents stories, photos and essays on life in Brighton Beach.
Brooklyn Home Page
http://www.brooklyn.net/neighborhoods/brighton_beach.html
Click on Neighborhoods and then Brighton Beach to see photographs of the area and the Brighton Beach Hotel.
Brooklyn Home Page. 1010 President Street
http://www.brooklyn.net/brighton_beach_line.html
The Brighton Beach Line
Postcard of the line plus a short history of what was then called the Brooklyn Flatbush and Coney Island Line
Brooklyn’s Brighton Line
http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/brighton.html
This is part of the greater website www.nycsubway.org which features the development of the subway, the stations, subway cars, etc. It gives the history of the BMT Brighton Line which began service on July 2, 1878 as the Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railroad, between Prospect Park and the Brighton Beach Hotel as a surface steam railroad. The Brighton Beach Hotel was owned by the railway.
Congressman Anthony Weiner
http://www.house.gov/weiner/
Congressman Weiner represents areas of Queens and Brooklyn, including Brighton Beach
The Big Map
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/brooklyn/brightonbeach/avenue/
This site features a map of Brooklyn where you can click on the various neighborhoods, including Brighton Beach, for a selection of recent photographs. The URL below brings you directly to Brighton Beach.
The Brooklyn Board Photo Gallery
http://www.brooklynboard.com/pgal.php?b=b&p=1
Three photos of Brighton Beach, plus other interesting photos of the borough.
Village Voice: Close-Up on Brighton Beach
http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0519,mcevers,63713,15.html
Article written May, 2005 describing aspects of life at Brighton Beach