Brighton Beach

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🥟Try pelmeni dumplings at a boardwalk café

🏖️"best beach in nyc" — Postcard

📰"get to know the city's 'Little Odessa'" — Condé Nast Traveler

Step onto the boardwalk and suddenly you're in "Little Odessa": Cyrillic signs, Russian pop drifting from cafes, and the smell of fresh-baked pirozhki mixing with sea air. It's Brooklyn's most unexpected seaside escape, where pelmeni and cold beer taste better with ocean views.

Eastern European cuisine

Cyrillic signs everywhere

Quieter than Coney Island

Boardwalk cafes

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Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Free

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Eastern European cuisine
Cyrillic signs everywhere
Quieter than Coney Island
Boardwalk cafes
Brighton Beach

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