Bath Beach is a neighborhood in southwestern Brooklyn, New York City, located along Gravesend Bay. The neighborhood was named for the English spa of Bath, Somerset, and, while it was originally home to Black freedmen during the mid-18th century, it was redeveloped into a recreational seaside retreat for affluent families during the 1860s. The beach itself was paved over during the mid-20th century to create the Shore Parkway, and a sea wall and promenade were created. The neighborhood became an Italian working-class enclave during the early 1900s, but, since the 1990s, the neighborhood was diversified by the arrival of Asian, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Central American, and Middle Eastern immigrants. By 2021, the neighborhood was 41% Asian, 40% white, 1.3% Black, .6% other, and 2.9% mixed; Hispanics of any race were 14.2% of the population.