Our Streets, Our Stories

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

Edna Clement Swan

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

02-14
59:27

Frangena Johnson

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

02-12
35:48

Saundra Sirmans

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

02-05
12:30

Bilal Ndongo

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

02-04
51:24

Robert Anthony Gibbons

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

01-21
27:09

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.

01-15
14:23

Ras Omeil Morgan

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

12-23
16:34

Lawrence James

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

11-25
07:31

Marsha Desormeaux

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

11-16
02:55

Aretha Campbell

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

11-16
04:36

Bernadette OKeKe

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

11-16
05:01

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.

06-25
01:28:36

Felice Kirby

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

06-25
37:22

Jane Pool

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

06-21
43:25

Victoria Cambranes

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

06-19
22:22

Marcy Boyle

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

06-17
19:25

John Dereszewski

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

06-13
39:13

Julie Lawrence

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

06-05
25:34

Bill Schmidt

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

05-30
12:41

Hannah Cinelli

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

05-10
10:03

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