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According to the United States Census report of 2010, Brighton Beach and Coney Island, combined, had 111,063 residents as of 2009. [41] In that year, the median age of the combined Brighton Beach and Coney Island area was 47.9 years, substantially higher than the median age in Brooklyn of 34.2 and in New York City as a whole at 36.0. [41]
Originally named Lady's Island Bridge, it was renamed in 1971 in memory of Richard V. Woods (1935–1969), who was a South Carolina Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty. [2] It was opened on December 17, 1959, replacing an earlier swing-bridge that was built 1927.
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Brighton Beach has two island platforms and four tracks. [9] The weekday-only B train (Brighton Express/Sixth Avenue Express) originates and terminates here on the inner express tracks while the full-time Q train (Brighton Local/Broadway Express) stops here on the outer local tracks, and continues to and from Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue.
The 27 ft lugger Sussex Maid, inside the museum, represents a 1920s Brighton beach fishing boat with an auxiliary motor. Towards the back of the arch are areas devoted to the history of Brighton's lifeboats, pleasure boats and fish market. The Brighton Fish Market was originally held on the beach but a new purpose-built fish market was provided ...
The Brighton Flint Grotto is a sculpture garden, created on Brighton Beach in Brighton, England, between 2013 and 2020 by Rory McCormack, a local fisherman. McCormack is a self-taught artist, though he has trained and worked as a dry-stone waller.
The Brighton Bathing Boxes are 93 beach huts on Dendy Street Beach in Brighton, Victoria, Australia, in the City of Bayside. They are a significant tourist attraction for the area. [ 1 ] In November 2019 a bathing box was sold for $340,000 [ 2 ] and historically they have been valued at about 15% of the median Brighton house price.
Brighton Beach Memoirs [7] [8] and Biloxi Blues [9] were made into films, while Broadway Bound was adapted as a made-for-TV movie. [10] On screen the role of Eugene Jerome was played by Jonathan Silverman in Brighton Beach Memoirs (he also played Stanley in the film version of Broadway Bound), [7] Matthew Broderick in Biloxi Blues (he also played Eugene in the Broadway productions of both ...