"The Boys of 2nd Street Park" is the bittersweet story about a generation of boys from working class families who grew up together in Brighton Beach, New York. Hidden among pre-war apartments, fire escapes, the boardwalk and the beach; was a concrete playground filled with activities and conversations among three generations of Jewish families far removed from the ghettos of their Eastern European agonies. This was 2nd Street Park. It was in this park where the boys all fell in love for the first time, with basketball. Day in and day out, rain or shine these boys played basketball.  However, for these boys, like all youngsters, that time of innocence gave way to a much more volatile period of exploration, discovery, joy and heartbreak.

These boys became adults during an especially momentous time in American life. While many of them went on and prospered in their careers, others slipped through the net toward darkness and addiction.  Many didn’t survive.

Now in their 50’s, these now men describe their lives in the most honest, humorous and dramatic ways. Beginning with the innocence of the 1950’s, through the turmoil and challenges of war, the draft, sex, drugs and relationships of the 1960’s, to the wildly divergent path each has taken leading up to the present, these personal revelations help create a tapestry woven with love, betrayal, excess, disappointment, death, loss and togetherness.

"The Boys of 2nd Street Park" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2003 and won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the River Run International Film Festival. "The Boys of 2nd Street Park" aired on Showtime® in September of the same year.