What is the real Brighton Beach like: a dream area within a huge metropolis

It is extremely interesting to read the reviews of Russian tourists about Brighton Beach. Without a doubt, almost none of them even guess what the spectacle is actually opening up before them. The main thing is that they do not at all realize that they are dealing not with wondrous exoticism, but, on the contrary, with ...

Protests in New York: Russian-speaking bikers took 'Little Odessa' under personal protection

Thus, bikers want to protect the most famous Russian-speaking area in the United States from riots against the backdrop of mass protests. Writes about this edition "RIA Novosti". A group of Russian-speaking bikers organized a patrol of the Brighton Beach area in New York, where immigrants from the former USSR live. This area ...

Charming beaches, disgusting service and Kashpirovsky: what is it - real Brighton Beach

“The weather is good on Deribasovskaya, or it is raining again on Brighton Beach” - I watched this film for the first time at the beginning of this century. Then America for me was a completely different world, and in every film frame I peered into all the details of life and everyday life ...

10 facts about Little Odessa in New York that will surprise you

Brighton Beach is the most famous Russian-speaking area in the USA. It is also called “Little Odessa”. Few people know that one of the best Russian ballet schools in the USA is located here, as well as the fact that scenes for the film “Requiem...

What to see, eat and buy in one day in 'Little Odessa' on Brighton Beach

A popular New York publication gives tips on how to spend a day in 'Little Odessa' on Brighton Beach, a predominantly Russian neighborhood in Brooklyn. Brighton Beach in Brooklyn is much more than sand and surf, writes AMNY. Traveling deeper into the area, you will find yourself in the “Little...

In Brooklyn, there was a fire in a Russian restaurant. VIDEO

At around 22 p.m. on April 00, a fire broke out in the Russian restaurant Tatyana in Brighton Beach, New York. The flames that engulfed the building could not be extinguished for almost an hour and a half. According to citizen.com, the flames broke out around 14 p.m. in a building on the Brighton Beach promenade, where...

Street in Brooklyn renamed in honor of immigrants from Odessa

Sofia Vinokurova and Mark Rakhman are sister and brother, emigrants from Odessa, who in 1978 founded the famous Russian restaurant National and the International deli on Brighton Beach Avenue in New York. Today these people are called legends of Russian emigration in America. Recently, city...

How on Brighton Beach passed the second Pride of the Russian-speaking LGBT community in New York

On a sunny Sunday, May XNUMX, over the famous promenade, where “our people,” young and old, love to sit and admire the ocean, rainbow flags were raised and unusual speeches were heard. “Homophobia is terror”, “This is what democracy looks like” - the crowd chanted, ...

Why i like brighton beach

It's fashionable to scold Brighton Beach, talk about how terrible it is and how much the people who live there are stuck in the past. Social networks dedicated to emigration are literally full of photos and texts on this topic. And those who have lived in America at least a few ...

On the beaches of Brighton Beach equip new restrooms. A PHOTO

After years of controversy, two new latrines will still be built on Brighton Beach, New York, with convenient ramps and lifts for disabled people. Their construction was planned to begin in 2013, but due to conflicts over the construction site, ...

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