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Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in (or were notable for their ties to) Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.
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 Italian and Ashkenazi Jewish neighborhood, it is also home to a sizable community of Sephardi Jews and a large Russian Jewish immigrant presence.
Manhattan Beach is part of Brooklyn Community District 15, and its primary ZIP Code is 11235. It is patrolled by the 61st Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 48th District. The area is also represented by the Manhattan Beach Community Group, established in 1941, and the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association, established in 2008.
Notable people with ties to Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, from Wikipedia:
- Marv Albert (born 1941), sportscaster
- Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), filmmaker
- Jay Diamond (born 1951), talk radio host who began his move to the radio by being a frequent caller to other radio programs
- Bruce J. Katz (b. 1959), Vice President at the Brookings Institution
- Jack Kirby (1917-1994), comic book artist who was the co-creator of Captain America and Black Panther
- Howard L. Lasher (1944-2007), former NY State Assemblyman
- Mell Lazarus (1927-2016), cartoonist
- Samuel Leibowitz (1893-1978), judge, who defended Al Capone and the Scottsboro Boys as an attorney
- William Modell (1921-2008), chairman of the Modell's Sporting Goods retail chain
- Stephen J. Solarz (1940-2010), former U.S. Congressman