Summary(0:30) Immigrants in Greenpoint and moving to Greenpoint -- (1:25) Drastic change in waterfront life -- (2:43) Swimming off piers in East River -- (2:58) Health issues in greenpoint -- (3:58) Going to school in neighborhood -- (4:48) Jobs in Greenpoint -- (6:40) Feeling change around 1998 in Greenpoint when waterfront activity shut down -- (7:40) Polish immigrants in Greenpoint -- (8:54) Hipsters and LGBT community find Greenpoint -- (10:16) Wanting to give back to community by becoming a teacher -- (12:55) Environmental issues in neighborhood better now -- (13:45) Greenpoint park issues -- (16:00) City agencies doing something right in Greenpoint -- (18:57) Feeling positive about new construction and development -- (20:45) Religious communities in Greenpoint -- (24:09) Noise issues in the past -- (27:46) Loving Greenpoint and the community
NoteAudio interview conducted on June 8, 2018, by Acacia Thompson at the Leonard Library 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.
SubjectNew York (N.Y.). Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn ; Immigrants--Polish ; Lead poisoning ; Cancer ; Real estate development ; New York (N.Y.). Department of Sanitation ; Gentrification
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Bill Salzman on 2018 June 8 .