The Americans, FX Television Show, Filming On Coney Island Avenue

The FX television series The Americans is shooting around the neighborhood today, with signs posted on Avenue Z, East 7th Street, Kathleen Place, Coney Island Avenue, Avenue X and Avenue Y.

The show, which debuted in January, is set during the Cold War and is the story of two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C., where they struggle to keep their cover under the gaze of their neighbor, an FBI Counter-Intelligence Agency.

It stars Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich.

Film crews arrived this morning, with trucks taking their places around Coney Island Avenue at around 9:30 a.m., creating a small stir among neighbors. Here’s how the news unfolded in our instant chat box:

Andrey West: Yeap you absolutely right. Movie trucks are coming in

Well now we are curios witch movie

It will be fun to watch. I work right here . For the next 10 hours I will be watching things unfold out of my window!))

Michelle Renee: ITS A SHOW CALLED THE aMERICaNS

Andrey West: Are you serious?? This is so cool. Me and my wife really like the show.

And thanks to Crafty Carol and Daniel Tanner for tipping us off.