New York tabloid darling and psychopathological curiosity, Richard Martin, continues to capture the attention of an adoring public by way of Gawker, via BeehiveHairdresser – thanks to yours truly.

Martin, whose poison pen letters to his building tenants have become famous throughout New York since going viral only a few weeks ago – has transcended local curiosity and become the stuff of Brooklyn legend.

In a neighborhood considered by many to be the ‘last true outpost’ in Brooklyn – whose only claim to ‘fame’ in the past 30 years has been Scott Baio and Tony Manero – Bay Ridge has come to embody more of the eccentricities of backward southern caricatures, than the raucous, tough blue collar concrete jungles of Brooklyn.

Reviled by some as ‘white trash,’ racist, xenophobic, if not just really fucking crazy – Richard Martin has, for better or worse, put Bay Ridge on the map.

more from Richard’s favorite ‘piece of shit paper,’ the Daily News [Daily News pic via beehivehairdresser]