Provided is a brake device that is able to achieve an improvement in versatility of the device, and which is able to reduce an uncomfortable feeling and annoyance caused by an operating noise of a parking brake. This brake device includes: left and right parking brake mechanisms (1L) and (1R) configured to independently apply braking forces to left and right wheels of a vehicle, respectively, and hold the vehicle stationary; and a control device (2) configured to control these parking brake mechanisms (1L) and (1R). The control device (2) includes a parking brake actuation determiner (12) configured to adjust respective timings at which the left and right parking brake mechanisms (1L) and (1R) are actuated so as to reduce an uncomfortable feeling caused to an occupant of the vehicle.