Greenpoint Environmental History

Reflections from 1619 as part of Til Victory is Won: 400 Years of Making Revolution and Inventing Utopia. An oral history project at the Brooklyn Public Library.

Reflections from 1619

Barbara Hopson is interviewed by Brian Hasbrouck at the New Lots Library on June 9th, 2015. 

Barbara Hopson

Francine Siegell is interviewed by Emma Clark as part of the Our Streets, Our Stories: Community Scanning event at the Kings Bay Library on October 3rd, 2015. 

Francine Siegell

Kathie Lou Moser is interviewed by Lauren Fiorelli as part of our partnership with Intersection: Prospect Heights at the Central Library on October 13th, 2015. 

Kathie Lou Moser

Eric Osorio is interviewed by Naheem Morris and Taina Evans at the Red Hook Library on December 15th, 2015 as part of Hook Files, our partnership with the Red Hook Initiative and Pioneer Works.

Eric Osorio

Inez Spencer is interviewed by Taina Evans at the Kings Bay Library on January 28th, 2016. 

Inez Spencer

Elayne Archer is interviewed by Emma Clark at the Park Slope Library on February 18th, 2016. 

Elayne Archer

Emerald Carter is interviewed by Taina Evans at Boys and Girls High School in Bed-Stuy on March 8th, 2016. 

Emerald Carter

Carol and Sandy Sanjour are interviewed by Lauren Fiorelli at the Park Slope Library on February 20th, 2016. 

Carol and Sandy Sanjour

Anthony Liccardo is interviewed by Taina Evans at the Central Library on March 10th, 2016. 

Anthony Liccardo

Thomas Garcia is interviewed by Taina Evans at the Brooklyn Collection on April 22nd, 2016 during Central Library's 75th anniversary celebration. 

Thomas Garcia

Bob Florin is interviewed by Zachary Schulman and Samantha Feldman at the Central Library on July 15th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust. 

Bob Florin

Charles Barnes and Jesse Gladney are interviewed by Samantha Feldman at Garden of Angels in Bushwick on July 29th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust. 

Charles Barnes and Jesse Gladney

Cassie "Skipper" Clark is interviewed by Taina Evans at Quincy Senior Residences on June 13th, 2016.

Cassie "Skipper" Clark

Sandra Williams and Bertha Brooks are interviewed by Taina Evans at Tompkins Park Senior Center on July 8th, 2016.

Sandra Williams and Bertha Brooks

Soffiyah Elijah is interviewed by Carmen Lopez at the Central Library on November 18th, 2016.

Soffiyah Elijah

Lawrence James is interviewed by Torey McNeil at the Central Library on January 26th, 2017.

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Lawrence James

Carl Greene is interviewed by Zachary Schulman at the home of Sharon Smith on January 19th, 2017 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

Carl Greene

Judith Jones is interviewed by Johan Norberg at the Marcy Library on June 8th, 2018.

Judith Jones

Audio interview conducted on December 14, 2018, by Acacia Thompson at Broadway Stages in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.

Tony Argento

Judge Adam Perlmutter is interviewed by Acacia Thompson on Box Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on December 16th, 2018

Judge Adam Perlmutter

Katie Naplatarski is interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on August 9, 2018.

Katie Naplatarski

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

Dewey Thompson

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

Kim and Scott Fraser

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

Jimmy Pynn

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

Bill Schmidt

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

Julie Lawrence

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

John Dereszewski

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

Marcy Boyle

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

Victoria Cambranes

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

Jane Pool

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

Felice Kirby

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

Bernadette OKeKe

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

Aretha Campbell

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

Marsha Desormeaux

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

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

Ras Omeil Morgan

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.

Jennifer R. Williams

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

Robert Anthony Gibbons

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

Bilal Ndongo

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

Saundra Sirmans

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

Frangena Johnson

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

Edna Clement Swan

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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