Brighton Avenue Beach — Attraction in Seaside Park

I went to the beach yesterday 9/1/22, a young man Jimmy charged me $13 for the day use of the beach; when I walked passed the hill and got to the beach, a lot of people were at the shore with their beach umbrellas, but very few were in the water. After I settled on the beach sand, I went into the water and the waves were terribly strong. They were so hard they took me in and out of the sea, without even be able to set a foot at the bottom. That explained why so few people were in the water. Back on my beach chair things were not any better, the sting flies were eating me alive; I tried moving my stuff to a different spot, hoping there would be nothing in the sand that would attract the flies, but they returned after a while. I could not stand them anymore and the waves strength in the sea was not diminishing, so I had to leave. I could not even stay for much longer than 20 minutes. I find it a theft, from the very village of Seaside Park, to charge people for something like that, I actually want my money back. Jimmy, when asked, said it goes to...

Any street in seaside park is a nice spot to park and walk up onto the beach. I just parked in a random spot and walked towards the ocean. The weather was absolutely beautiful so it was perfect for taking pictures which is something I loveee doing. The ocean in the off season is the best. I haven't gone over the bridge in the summer. The last time I did that was in my early 20s..if I were to go in season then I would go and scope out a...

Love this beach. It's the surfing beach I used to surf at when I was younger.

It was also the one with the sideways parking where the toll machines stopped. Now the toll spot starts near 4200 or something like that. Disappointing how the locals now have to pay year round to just shell or driftwood collect.

Last time I was there was to see the storm surge of Hurricane Erin, 500...