Why Has Pete's Been Feeding This Boardwalk Since 1975?
Pete's Clam Stop is a family-owned seafood walk-up restaurant on the Coney Island boardwalk at 1320 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224 — a corner window shucking raw clams and oysters, frying whole-belly clams, and char-grilling shish kebabs since 1975. The closest raw bar to Luna Park and the Cyclone, rated 4.4 stars across 138 Google reviews.
It started in the mid-70s with one window, one fryer, and a hand-painted sign on Surf Avenue — because the boardwalk deserved better seafood, and New Yorkers know the difference. Five decades later, the sign is bigger and the line moves faster, but the rule hasn't changed: everything fried to order, clams and oysters shucked in front of you, kebabs grilled while you wait — and nobody rushed.
Grab your food from the walk-up window, feel the ocean breeze, and get right back to making memories.
More about the neighborhood
Serving New Yorkers and visitors since 1975, Pete's is one of the highest-rated seafood spots in Coney Island. We're still family-owned, still Brooklyn, still a walk-up. You'll find us at the corner of 1320 Surf Ave & W 15th, right under the Thunderbolt roller coaster, one minute from the main gate of Luna Park, two minutes from the Cyclone and the Wonder Wheel, and a short walk down the boardwalk to Coney Island Beach.
What's nearby (all within two blocks):
- Luna Park — main entrance one block west (1 min walk)
- Coney Island Cyclone — 1927 landmark wooden coaster (2 min walk)
- Deno's Wonder Wheel — 1920 NYC landmark (3 min walk)
- Thunderbolt — steel coaster directly above our window
- Williams Candy — old-school candy shop, right next door
- Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk — free public beach, 5 min walk east
- MCU Park (now Maimonides Park) — Brooklyn Cyclones stadium (10 min walk west)
- Stillwell Ave subway station — D, F, N, Q trains (1 min walk, across the street)
Take the D, F, N, or Q to Stillwell Ave, walk out the front of the station, and you'll smell the fryer before you see the sign.