Apparently one can even live there for years and not know any English at all. "Why would I learn it? I don't go to USA".

Also there's a joke about two Russians in Brooklyn being asked direction to some place by a passer by (an American). They just shugged and the passer by went on. So one Russian tells another: "See, sure he can talk English, but what good did it do for him?".

Ha ha. I grew up and live in Sheepshead Bay.

I'm serious.

I used to live in that area, and I haven't heard a single person call it little Odessa. Granted we moved from the area when I turned 16, and we didn't live on Brighton Beach...but that just doesn't sound true.