Brighton, Seattle

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Brighton is a primarily residential neighborhood in southern Seattle, Washington, part of the greater Rainier Valley district and centered about a mile and a half south of the Columbia City neighborhood.[1]

The neighborhood was settled by English immigrants in the 1880s, who named it "Brighton Beach" after the English resort city of Brighton in East Sussex.[2][3]

It is several blocks from the Othello light rail station.[2] The neighborhood was served by the Rainier Avenue Electric Railway from 1891 until it closed in 1937.[3]

According to the US census, 90% of Brighton residents self-reported as being non-white in 2010.[4]

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  1. Columbia City / Brighton City Data. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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  3. The Stranger. Retrieved 24 July 2020.