On the Record: Halil Kaya

By Oona Millikenย |ย omilliken@queensledger.com

Despite the gray weather in Downtown Brooklyn, Halil Kaya was smiling inside the ice cream truck parked outside Albee Square. After selling five strawberry smoothies to a large family and one rainbow sprinkled cone to a mother-daughter duo, Kaya stopped serving and said he loves selling ice cream because of how happy it makes people.ย 

โ€œI just love to make people happy, you know? To see the kids happy. Thatโ€™s the best job I want to do,โ€ Kaya said.ย 

Kaya, whose favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate vanilla twist, said it can sometimes be hard to stay positive in such a hectic area. According to Kaya, Albee Square is bustling with people from all over Brooklyn, and people can be rude and abrasive when heโ€™s working the window.ย 

โ€œSometimes people like to give you a hard time about the ice cream, or the prices, but otherwise I like it,โ€ Kaya said.ย 

Because of this, Kaya said he wanted people to spread positivity, and remind people to stay polite during ice cream rush hours.ย 

โ€œJust be polite to others with whatever you do. You should just try to make people happy everyday. Yeah, just be polite,โ€ Kaya said. โ€œShare the happiness.โ€

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