If you just gotta live in a fun and busy beach town, Belmont Shore is the place for you. Spanish revival architecture dominates the Belmont Shore neighborhood with single-family, duplexes, and multi-family homes all packed in together within a few blocks of the beach.
There are also low-rise condos facing the broad, long sandy beach that gives the city its name.
The fun begins on Second Street
Second Street is the heart of the Belmont Shore community and it is busy with locals and tourists from dawn to the middle of the night. And there always seems to be a party or something else exciting going on nearby. On Second you’ll find a great selection of international restaurants and unique, locally owned shops filled with items you won’t find elsewhere.
Historically Second Street has been the busiest shopping street in Long Beach, although the newish mall-like centers with their chain stores over on PCH are now popular, too..
Public art on every block and kayaks on the bay
You can also see public art at every turn — primarily painted murals and painted sidewalks inspired by the beach life–in Belmont Shore.
Paddleboarding and kayaking are popular in part because Alamitos Bay offers flat water — not ocean waves. You can rent paddleboards and kayaks at the beach on Alamitos Bay in Belmont Shore. In the background in the photo, right, is Naples Island with its canals.
And, if you are a resident of Long Beach you can sign up for classes in boating and paddleboarding through the city Parks Department.
Second Street is the dividing line between Belmont Shore to the south of the street, and Belmont Park, which lies to the north of Second. Even further north of this area is the quiet neighborhood of Alamitos Heights which faces onto the most inland part of Alamitos Bay.
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