Brighton beach was designed by William A. Engeman as a beach resort in 1868 and named Henry C. Murphy and a group of businessmen during a competition in 1878 the Centre of the resort was a great Hotel Brighton (or Hotel Brighton beach), located on the beach in the early modern Avenue Coney island, where you can be reached by rail from Brooklyn, Flebus and Coney island. Hotel Engeman built a Platform Brighton beach for horse racing. The town became the 31st district of the City of Brooklyn in 1894
Brighton beach was renovated due to the high density of population, and the railway has become a modern high-speed Subway line in new York in 1920
In the 1950s, a large part of the population was the second generation Jewish-Americans and survivors of the concentration camps.
Today is still home to many Jews who left the Soviet Union after the 1970s, as well as a lot of non-Jewish immigrants, in particular, Armenians and Georgians, also settled in Brighton beach, and join the already existing Russian-speaking community.
Brighton beach was once called "Little Odessa", as many residents arrived from Odessa.
On 7th street and Avenue Neptune is the mosque, where Muslims pray (mainly from Pakistan and Bangladesh), another one the same mosque is located at the intersection of 8th Street and Banner Avenue, it is called al-Arches. The adjacent areas are often called "Pakistani Brighton. It is home to many Polish, Russian, Armenian, Turkish and Georgian diasporas, but few Americans of Italian and African descent. Also, there are several Korean markets, but most owners do not live in the area.
Brighton beach is filled with restaurants, grocery stores, cafes, boutiques, etc. that are located mainly along the Avenue Brighton beach and the surrounding streets. In the vicinity of acute ethnic diversity, reminiscent of Chinatown in Manhattan. The proximity of Brighton beach to the city beaches (Avenue Brighton beach runs parallel to the beach, Coney island and Broadwalk) and to the metro station, led to the popularity of this place among the people of new York city, especially in summer.