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Our Streets, Our Stories

by Brooklyn Public Library

OUR STREETS, OUR STORIES is a project of the Brooklyn Public Library's Department of Outreach Services that seeks to explore the Brooklyn that is and was, from the words of the community that lives here. Our hope is to create neighborhood-specific history archives based around interviews with Brooklyn residents. We seek to not only witness the change taking place all around us, but also to record and preserve the history of our neighborhoods before that history is forgotten. *Nominee, 2016 & 2018 Guides Association of New York City Apple Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Radio Program/Podcast

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Episodes

  1. Edna Clement Swan

    Edna Clement Swan is interviewed by Lina Chang over the phone at the Central Library on February 14th, 2020.

  2. Frangena Johnson

    Frangena Johnson is interviewed by Lina Chang over the phone at the Central Library on February 5th, 2020.

  3. Saundra Sirmans

    Saundra Sirmans is interviewed by Lina Chang over the phone at the Central Library on January 30th, 2020.

  4. Bilal Ndongo

    Bilal Ndongo is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Brownsville Library on January 22nd, 2020.

  5. Robert Anthony Gibbons

    Robert Anthony Gibbons is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library on January 15th, 2020.

  6. Jennifer R. Williams

    Jennifer R. Williams is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library on January 8th, 2020. Image still from video, courtesy of Jennifer R. Williams.

  7. Ras Omeil Morgan

    Ras Omeil Morgan is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library on December 17th, 2019.

  8. Lawrence James

    Lawrence James is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library on November 20th, 2019.

  9. Marsha Desormeaux

    Marsha Desormeaux is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library on October 26th, 2019.

  10. Aretha Campbell

    Aretha Campbell is interviewed by Taina Evans at the Central Library on October 26th, 2019.

  11. Bernadette OKeKe

    Bernadette OKeKe is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library on October 26th, 2019.

  12. NAG (Neighbors against Garbage, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, North Brooklyn Neighbors)

    Members past and present of N.A.G. (Neighbors against Garbage, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, North Brooklyn Neighbors) are interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on January 31, 2019.

  13. Felice Kirby

    Felice Kirby, community organizer and activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on May 15, 2019.

  14. Jane Pool

    Jane Pool, community activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on May 24th, 2019

  15. Victoria Cambranes

    Victoria Cambranes, progressive activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on May 23, 2019.

  16. Marcy Boyle

    Marcy Boyle, lifelong Greenpoint resident, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Diamond Street, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on June 11, 2019.

  17. John Dereszewski

    John Dereszewski, Greenpointer and former Community Board 1 member is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Forest Hills, Queens on May 27, 2019.

  18. Julie Lawrence

    Julie Lawrence, community activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on May 23, 2019.

  19. Bill Schmidt

    Urban Forester Bill Schmidt is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on May 29, 2019.

  20. Hannah Cinelli

    Hannah Cinelli is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Box Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on May 7, 2019.

  21. Jimmy Pynn

    Jimmy Pynn, 22 year Plant Superintendent at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, is interviewed on May 1, 2019, at the Central Library.

  22. Geoff Cobb

    Geoff Cobb, author and local historian, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Box Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on April 24th, 2019.

  23. Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF)

    Laura Treciokas, Christine Holowacz, Laura Truettner and Peter Washburn of the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF)are interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Huron Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on February 27, 2019.

  24. Newtown Creek Alliance

    Katie Schmidt, Mitch Waxman, Kate Zidar, Mai Armstrong, Bill Schuck, Paul Parkhill, Damian Lawyer, David Yassky, Paul Pullo, Mike Dulong, Willis Elkins, Steve Lang, Dorothy Moorehead, Laura Hoffman, Lisa Bloodgood and Dewey Thompson of Newtown Creek Alliance are interviewed by Acacia Thompson on...

  25. GWAPP (Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning)

    Laura Treciokas, Trina McKeever, Joe Vance, Katie Denny Horowitz, Christine Holowacz and Adam Perlmutter, members of GWAPP (Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning)are interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Oak Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on Februrary 25, 2019.

  26. Edmund Michaleski

    Edmund Michaleski, chemist and lifelong Greenpoint resident, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Oak Street In Greenpoint, Brooklyn on May 23, 2018.

  27. Stephanie Thayer

    Stephanie Thayer is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on March 20, 2019.

  28. Laura Hoffman

    Laura Hoffman, environmental activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Dupont Street in Greenpoint Brooklyn, on February 8, 2018.

  29. Rich Mazur

    Rich Mazur, Executive Director of North Brooklyn Development Corps., is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on February 6, 2019, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

  30. Kim and Scott Fraser

    Kim and Scott Fraser, Greenpoint environmental activists, are interviewed by Acacia Thompson on August 4th, 2018, on Kent Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

  31. Mitch Waxman

    Newtown Creek historian and photographer Mitch Waxman is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Astoria, Queens on October 24, 2018.

  32. Randy Sandlin

    Randy Sandlin of Lentol Garden is interviewed at PS 110 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on November 2, 2018.

  33. Paul Pullo

    Paul Pullo is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Kingsland Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on March 22, 2019.

  34. Marilyn McCouley

    Marilyn McCouley is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Apollo Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 17, 2018.

  35. Sarah Ward

    Sarah Ward of the Greenpoint Eco-Schools is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on November 29, 2018.

  36. Jens Rasmussen and Monica Schroeder

    Jens Rasmussen and Monica Schroeder of the North Brooklyn Boat Club are interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on December 12, 2018.

  37. Noa Bornstein

    Noa Bornstein is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on March 8, 2019.

  38. Superintendent Alicja Winniki

    Superintendent Alicja Winniki is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Brooklyn on February 27, 2019.

  39. Kevin Thompson

    Kevin Thompson of ExxonMobil is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on March 1, 2019.

  40. Katherine Thompson

    Katherine Thompson is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Calyer Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 17th, 2018.

  41. Mike Schade

    Mike Schade is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn on November 1, 2018.

  42. Anonymous

    Anonymous is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on June 13, 2018.

  43. Hank Linhart

    Hank Linhart is interviewed by Acacia Thompson at the Central Library in Brooklyn on January 30, 2019.

  44. Dewey Thompson

    Dewey Thompson is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on November 16, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

  45. Frank Farrell

    Fred Farrell is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on June 13, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

  46. Pastor Amy Kienzle

    Pastor Amy Kienzle is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on November 13, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

  47. NIki Jackson

    Niki Jackson is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on August 14, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

  48. Jeffrey Hiller

    Jeffrey Hiller is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on August 14, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

  49. David Maciejewski

    David Maciejewski is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 2, 2018.

  50. Assemblyman Joe Lentol

    Assemblyman Joe Lentol is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Lorimer Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 29, 2018.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

OUR STREETS, OUR STORIES is a project of the Brooklyn Public Library's Department of Outreach Services that seeks to explore the Brooklyn that is and was, from the words of the community that lives here. Our hope is to create neighborhood-specific history archives based around interviews with Brooklyn residents. We seek to not only witness the change taking place all around us, but also to record and preserve the history of our neighborhoods before that history is forgotten. *Nominee, 2016 & 2018 Guides Association of New York City Apple Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Radio Program/Podcast

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Brooklyn Public Library

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