December 2009
3 posts
Golden Child / Cop-Stabbing Thug
Just off Brighton Beach Avenue on 6th Street is where they moved Sammie’s things. Amongst the dozens of burning candles and brightly dyed flowers are a full bottle of Colt 45, a small bottle of vodka and a carton of Muscle Milk. A neon green poster-board is taped to the brick wall of Brighton Deli, with short messages scrawled on it like a page out of a yearbook: “RIP Sammy. U was the last one we...
It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood...
In a small storefront in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brighton Beach, a tiny television is tuned to ‘Judge Judy.’ The no-nonsense judge yells at the plaintiff from behind her desk in typical stern fashion, “She has to get a job! She’s LAZY!”
Behind a similarly large wooden desk—with the addition of a “herd” of decorative elephant figurines—sits Pat Singer, the founder and director of the Brighton...
Mishka for Mayor
On a Monday evening in October, hundreds of elderly, Russian-speaking residents of Brighton Beach met under the crystal chandeliers of The National restaurant in support of their favorite 2009 mayoral candidate, Mike Bloomberg—or rather, “Mishka” Bloomberg.
Raisa Papernaya, in head-to-toe blue sequins, placed a Bloomberg pamphlet written in Russian on each table setting, next to lavish platters...