When Alexander Shlaferman was arrested early Sunday for throwing a free rager for nearly 1,000 revelers atop the Manhattan Bridge, the cops couldn't help but tip a hat to the 19-year-old.
"They said, 'Wow, we really wish we weren't in uniform so we could go to this party,' " recalls Shlaferman with a sly smile.
Three days and three misdemeanors later (his court date is Sept. 13) — and the NYU dropout is still gloating.
And why not? After all, Shlaferman — who goes by his Facebook pseudonym, Alex Xander — is the teenage party boy of the moment.
After sundown, he's bringing NYC's nightlife scene to its knees with his wild and oft-illegal bashes. And by day, well, he's running a successful toy company that he founded at the tender age of 15.
Revelers get the full "Xander Experience" at an illegal party in an abandoned Williamsburg warehouse, thrown by Alexander Shlaferman on June 8.
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Toy mogul Alexander Shlaferman is also NYC's party boss.
Shlaferman, all 6 feet 2 inches of him, is perched at his desk at the Vante Toys office in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. His eyes are so blue and his side-sweep so high, he could easily pass for a fourth Jonas brother. He's wearing a gray Diesel cardigan his mother bought him in Switzerland, "Cool Grey" Air Jordans and skinny gray jeans.
"The event is a statement I wanted to make, and people finally listened," Shlaferman says of his Manhattan Bridge rave.
Over the past two years, the Bensonhurst native has thrown epic, always-free parties (except one, for which he regrets charging) at locations across the city — from abandoned warehouses to the air hangar at Floyd Bennett Field. Bouncy castles, pools of beer and the rush of trespassing have all become staples of "Xandernation."
The Xandernation logo — an illustration of a faceless Shlaferman, with only a pair of aviators and his trademark 'do — is supposed to be a sort of presidential portrait.
"President Xander. The hair is the signature," Shlaferman admits, adding that all his mane requires is "just some careful blowdrying and, I don't know, some wax from CVS."
He promotes the bashes on Facebook, typically providing the location to approved fun-seekers once they are vetted (gang members are a no-no, says Shlaferman). Instructions are detailed: "Enter discreetly like a ninja. You are going somewhere secret," read one party missive.
"I really want to inspire people to realize that they're just human beings like everyone else," he says. "They should do things like this. It's cool that I do it. But do it, too. Give back."
Shlaferman is incredibly cocky and earnest — a combination that can only be chalked up to adolescence. (He's also clearly basking in the recent press — a huge stack of New York Posts detailing this weekend's Manhattan Bridge escapade sits in his office.)
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