Meet DeNeita Watson

Postal worker DeNeita Watson is most likely to be spotted on the road — her daily 9-mile walking route through Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, to be exact. After growing up with a single mother in South Carolina and having not one, but two children straight out of high school, she moved over ten years ago to take advantage of her familial support system in the city and leave behind memories of a destructive relationship. DeNeita talks to us about early motherhood, the physical ramifications of her job, and how her fashion sense has evolved over the years.

Postal WorkerClaire BrodkaFebruary 28, 2023NYC, Crown Heights Comments

Camera Roll with Hannah La Follette Ryan

Photographer Hannah La Follette Ryan spends almost her whole working day on the subway. Not (just) because she enjoys the ride, but because her Instagram project @subwayhands essentially makes the entirety of NYC’s underground transit system her office. We speak to her about untethering from social media to pursue more analog creative endeavors, photography as an external memory drive, and why a recent fashion find helps her feel close to her late grandmother.

PhotographerClaire BrodkaOctober 14, 2020Camera Roll, NYC, Crown HeightsComment

Meet Isabel Sandoval

A groundbreaking trans filmmaker and actor whose work has screened around the world, Isabel is working on her third feature following the success of 2019 film Lingua Franca.

FilmmakerClemence PolesMarch 9, 2020Crown Heights, NYC Comments

Meet Emma Ramos

Meet NYC Passerby, Emma Ramos, a comedian and actress who shares with us how she prepares for a scene, including how she took initiative to start creating her own roles.

Comedian, ActressClemence PolesApril 10, 2018Crown Heights, NYCComment

Meet Nilea Alexander

Nilea is an entrepreneur and vintage collector. She owns Cafe Rue Dix and Marché Rue Dix with her husband in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, where they also live.

RestauranteurClemence PolesAugust 22, 2017Crown Heights, NYCComment

Meet Maura Walters

Maura Kutner Walters is an award-winning journalist who is currently an editor at New York Magazine's The Cut. Maura has held features editor roles at Town & Country and Harper's Bazaar and was the deputy editor of Bloomberg Pursuits and New York Magazine's special issues.

Editor, WriterClemence PolesJune 12, 2017Crown Heights, NYCComment

Meet Paige Polk

Paige is a Brooklyn-based poetry teacher and filmmaker. Currently pursuing her master’s degree in Media Studies at Pratt, her work explores the intersection of art and advocacy, where the political and the creative coexist, unpacking gender, heritage, and sexuality with multimedia storytelling.

TeacherClemence PolesApril 25, 2017Crown Heights, NYCComment

Meet Emily Theobald

Emily has many jobs, but mostly she is a stylist/model/photographers (sometimes all three at the same time). After growing up on Long Island, she moved to New York to study at FIT and has lived in Brooklyn ever since.

Stylist, PhotographerClemence PolesMarch 21, 2017Crown Heights, NYCComment