The invention discloses an elevator brake adopting a dual-braking system and a braking method of the elevator brake. Safety and stability of an existing elevator brake are poor. The elevator brake comprises a hydraulic end cover, end cover bolts, brake arms, a brake coil, synchronous bolts, an armature, tongue plate bolts, a tongue plate, a brake shoe friction plate, a manual adjusting bolt, guiding bolts, an adjusting anti-loosening spring, a coil groove, brake springs, a brake fixed plate, a hydraulic cylinder, a flat gasket, a spring gasket and a synchronous plate. According to the elevatorbrake and the braking method of the elevator brake, the contact of the brake shoe friction plate and a brake wheel is assisted by increasing the braking friction faces on the brake arms, the brakingarea is increased, and accordingly the braking force is increased. The braking friction faces of the brake arms and the arc face of the brake shoe friction plate on the tongue plate are located on thesame cylinder face, the brake arms and the brake shoe friction plate synchronously move during braking, and accordingly it is guaranteed that the brake wheel is held tightly at the same time; and elevator dual braking can be achieved, elevator slipping or elevator brake movement is prevented, and the braking reliability of the brake is improved.