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Bratenahl is a village in Cuyahoga County on the southern shore of Lake Erie, bordered by the city of Cleveland on three sides and the lake to the north.

Bratenahl was incorporated in 1903 and named after its founder, Charles Bratenahl.

Bratenahl is one of Cleveland's oldest streetcar suburbs, and of the older residential suburbs — including Shaker Heights, Lakewood, and Cleveland Heights — it has the highest per capita wealth.

Bratenahl had a population of 1,430 at the 2020 census, a 19.5% jump from 1,197 in 2010 that ran against the shrinking trend of Cleveland's inner-ring suburbs.

For all its wealth, Bratenahl is tiny — a community of only about 700 households, mixing stately lakefront estates with townhouses and condominiums along roughly one square mile of land.

Bratenahl is home to Bratenahl Place, a once-controversial pair of brutalist luxury high-rise condominium towers built on the lakefront in 1967 over many residents' objections; the larger tower began as a 180-unit rental building before converting to condos in 1976.

Bratenahl is one of Ohio's oldest communities by age: the 2010 census put its median age at 57.8 years, and only 7.4% of its households had children under 18 living in them.

Bratenahl is highly educated — 62.4% of its residents over the age of 25 hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Grand historic estates line Lake Shore Boulevard in Bratenahl, including the landmark Gwinn Estate, and the village is home to the Lake Shore Country Club.

Bratenahl's notable residents over the years have included Prohibition agent Eliot Ness, actress Margaret Hamilton — the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz — and actor Jim Backus; in 2026, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift bought a lakefront home in the village.