הקהילה הפכה להיות בעלת רוב יהודי בשנות ה-30; לפני שנות ה-30 של המאה ה-20 היו נמצאים שלטים בקהילה "אין כלבים או יהודים". חלק גדול מהקהילה היהודית הם חסידים.
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^Yanover, Yori. "His Brooklyn Home Destroyed by Sandy, Singer Mordechai Ben David Is Making Aliyah", The Jewish Press, November 8, 2012; accessed March 27, 2017. "Only three days ago, popular singer and songwriter Mordechai Werdyger, known by his thousands of Orthodox Jewish fans as Mordechai Ben David, or just MBD, shot and distributed a video clip depicting the destruction of his neighborhood, Sea Gate, at the southwestern tip of Brooklyn, NY, in an effort to raise awareness—and donations—to rebuild this once thriving Jewish community."
^Norman Feinberg | Yiddish Book Center, www.yiddishbookcenter.org (באנגלית)Accessed August 28, 2022. "Itzik Manger was a great writer.... But he was the nicest guy. Genya Nadir lived in Sea Gate, which is right next to Coney Island. And they lived there together."
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^Sochen, June. "Beverly Sills; 1929-2007", Jewish Women's Archive. Accessed August 11, 2019. "her neighborhood, called Sea Gate, Jewish families were in the majority and frequent socializing of family and neighbors was common. Sills easily acknowledges her Jewish heritage, though she had little formal Jewish education."
^"Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Upper West Side", New York Press, March 15, 2017. Accessed January 17, 2022. "During his first few years in the new country, Singer lived in picturesque Sea Gate near Coney Island, another area that for which maintained an attachment for his entire life."