Livingston Drive and 2nd Street form the heart of Belmont Shore, from approximately Bluff Park on the west to Alamitos Bay and Naples Island on the east.

At the intersection of 54th Place and Ocean Boulevard, at the southeastern corner of Belmont Shore, lies the entrance to the Peninsula, a narrow, mile-long neighborhood of Long Beach surrounded by water on both sides and the Alamitos Channel at the far end.

The approximately 1900-foot-long retaining wall along Ocean Boulevard was constructed around 1939 by the Works Progress Administration to protect the neighborhood from high tide.

Currently, the Sea Festival offers around 100 events, ranging from sand castle building to free Moonlight Movies on the beach, to boat racing.

Kitesurfing is popular in Belmont Shore because of steady side-onshore winds (10 to 25+ knots), large open bodies of water, and good launch areas.