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

Denise Cataudella is interviewed by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani at the Central Library on October 17th, 2015 as part of our partnership with Intersection: Prospect Heights. 

Denise Cataudella

Professor Winston Peterkin is interviewed by Megan Goins-Diouf, Orlando Bryan, and Emma Clark at the Flatbush Library on October 24th, 2015. 

Professor Winston Peterkin

Christopher Dunne is interviewed by Lauren Fiorelli at the Clinton Hill Library on December 9th, 2015. 

Christopher Dunne

Harold Reese is interviewed by Taina Evans at the Clinton Hill Library on November 21st, 2015. 

Harold Reese

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

Leslie Fields is interviewed by Robert Gibbons at the Central Library on May 20th, 2016. 

Leslie Fields

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

Ray Washington is interviewed by Taina Evans at Quincy Senior Residences in Bed-Stuy on June 13th, 2016. 

Ray Washington

Yolanda Golden is interviewed by Samantha Feldman at John the Baptist Community Center in Bed-Stuy on August 13th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

Yolanda Golden

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

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

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

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

Stephanie Thayer

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

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

Felice Kirby

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.

Lawrence James

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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