Brighton Beach I

by susan birnbaum and Cindy Weil

Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, along the Coney Island peninsula and facing the Atlantic Ocean. It is known for its high population of Russian-speaking immigrants (thus its nickname - Little Odessa), and as a summer destination for New York City residents thanks to its vast beaches and its proximity to the amusement parks in Coney Island. The years just before and following the Great Depression Brighton Beach consisted mostly of first- and second-generation Jewish-Americans and, later, Holocaust concentration camp survivors. Of the estimated 55,000 Holocaust survivors living in New York City as of 2011, most lived in Brighton Beach.

66” high x 15” in diameter. Acrylic, cotton and/or wool yarn covering a heavy-weight, recycled, hollow core.

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