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 & ...
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Lawrence James is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library onNovember 20th, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Bernadette OKeKe is interviewed by Lina Chang at the Central Library onOctober 26th, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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NAG (Neighbors against Garbage, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, North Brooklyn Neighbors)
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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.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Felice Kirby, community organizer and activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on May 15, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Jane Pool, community activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on May 24th, 2019Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Victoria Cambranes, progressive activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on May 23, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Marcy Boyle, lifelong Greenpoint resident, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Diamond Street, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on June 11, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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John Dereszewski, Greenpointer and former Community Board 1 member is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Forest Hills, Queens on May 27, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Julie Lawrence, community activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on May 23, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Urban Forester Bill Schmidt is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on May 29, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Hannah Cinelli is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Box Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on May 7, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Jimmy Pynn, 22 year Plant Superintendent at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, is interviewed on May 1, 2019, at the Central Library.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Geoff Cobb, author and local historian, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Box Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on April 24th, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF)
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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.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Newtown Creek Alliance
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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 January 16, 2019 on Kingsland Avenue in Greenpoint, B…
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GWAPP (Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning)
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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.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Edmund Michaleski, chemist and lifelong Greenpoint resident, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Oak Street In Greenpoint, Brooklyn on May 23, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Stephanie Thayer is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on March 20, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Laura Hoffman, environmental activist, is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Dupont Street in Greenpoint Brooklyn, on February 8, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Rich Mazur, Executive Director of North Brooklyn Development Corps., is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on February 6, 2019, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Kim and Scott Fraser
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Kim and Scott Fraser, Greenpoint environmental activists, are interviewed by Acacia Thompson on August 4th, 2018, on Kent Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Newtown Creek historian and photographer Mitch Waxman is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Astoria, Queens on October 24, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Randy Sandlin of Lentol Garden is interviewed at PS 110 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on November 2, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Paul Pullo is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Kingsland Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on March 22, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Marilyn McCouley is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Apollo Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 17, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Sarah Ward of the Greenpoint Eco-Schools is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on November 29, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Jens Rasmussen and Monica Schroeder
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Jens Rasmussen and Monica Schroeder of the North Brooklyn Boat Club are interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on December 12, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Noa Bornstein is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on March 8, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Superintendent Alicja Winniki
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Superintendent Alicja Winniki is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Brooklyn on February 27, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Kevin Thompson of ExxonMobil is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on March 1, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Katherine Thompson is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Calyer Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 17th, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Mike Schade is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn on November 1, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Anonymous is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on June 13, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Hank Linhart is interviewed by Acacia Thompson at the Central Library in Brooklyn on January 30, 2019.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Dewey Thompson is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on November 16, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Fred Farrell is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on June 13, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Pastor Amy Kienzle is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on November 13, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Niki Jackson is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on August 14, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Jeffrey Hiller is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on August 14, 2018 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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David Maciejewski is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 2, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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Assemblyman Joe Lentol is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Lorimer Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 29, 2018.Door Brooklyn Public Library
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