9-Year-Old Brooklyn Detective Charges 25 Cents Per Day

The home offices of A.R. Chesin. Image via Google Maps

CARROLL GARDENS, BROOKLYN — The brownstone at 410 Clinton St. is no longer just another rectangle in a row.

As neighbors have been noticing for the past week or so, 410 Clinton now houses the secretive work den of A.R. Chesin, a 9-year-old private detective for whom "no case is too small" and no case more costly to crack than 25 cents per day. ("Plus expenses.")

DNAinfo sat down with Det. Chesin, real name Alex Roth, at his home offices this week to get to know the boy behind the yard sign.

"He’s waiting for someone to knock on the door and hire him to solve a mystery," the boy's father, local attorney Scott Chesin, who reportedly gave his son the sign for Hanukkah, told the local news site.

"But," he said, "it hasn’t happened yet.”

Read the full story at DNAinfo. And for the love of all that is still childlike and innocent in this cruel city, people, go hit up 410 Clinton for a consultation. Don't have a mystery of your own that needs solving? Free tip: Start with the case of the exploding Verizon van on Second Place and Court Street early Wednesday afternoon.