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.
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