The Neighborhood of Little Odessa

 The neighborhood of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn is also coined Little Odessa. Little Odessa is wedged between the neighborhoods of Coney Island/West Brighton and Manhattan Beach. Little Odessa’s boundary from the north is Shore Parkway within a few block radii; the east is Corbin Place; the west is Ocean Parkway; the south is Brighton Beach. On a map, Little Odessa is a clear-cut area with those precise street boundaries. 

                          Source: Google Maps with the red lines representing the borders of Little Odessa 

Sources used for Project:

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