Bradenton Beach, Florida

About Bradenton Beach

Bradenton Beach is a tiny community in central Florida counting 927 people who proudly call it home.

Bradenton Beach holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.52 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,783 residents per square mile.

📰 Bradenton Beach News Today

• 55 loggerhead hatchlings die on Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach Bay News 9 · Aug 15
• Bradenton Beach hires in-house building official AMI Sun · Aug 18
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Bradenton Beach, Florida - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 15
• Bradenton Beach developer envisions hotel, retail, public spaces The Anna Maria Islander · Aug 11
• Longboat has a Bradenton Beach traffic problem Your Observer · Apr 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Florida headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Bradenton Beach Unique

• The only place in America named Bradenton Beach — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Part of the fabric of Florida — one of 956 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Bradenton Beach

• Back Alley Treasures (café)
• Bayou Tavern
• Beach House — seafood
• Coquina Cafe (café)
• Gulf Drive Cafe & Kokonut Hut — breakfast
• Island Time Bar and Grill — seafood
• Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant — seafood
• Smoqehouse — barbecue
• Star Fish Company — fish and chips
• Tahini Cafe (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Passage Key Dolphin Tours · Attraction
• cove. · Art gallery

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bradenton Beach

• Leffis Key Preserve reviews ★
• Lou Barolo Park reviews ★
• Moose Club 2188 Beach reviews ★
• Private Moose Beach reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

Full forecast →

Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Bradenton Beach

🏘️ Nearby Communities