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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0058-accs
  • Summary(0:30) The effects of Hurricane Sandy on Red Hook -- (1:26) Red Hook ballparks -- (2:00) Playing basketball -- (3:26) Drag racing by the waterfront -- (4:38) Visiting restaurants -- (5:34) The Front and the Back of the Red Hook community -- (6:38) Attending library programs -- (7:18) Relationship to libraries -- (8:17) Connection between gentrification and Stop & Frisk -- (8:58) The community helping each other after the hurricane -- (9:35) Experiencing Hurricane Sandy -- (11:22) Effects of gentrification -- (12:44) Meeting Carmelo Anthony -- (13:58) A great neighborhood.
  • Date2015-12-15
  • Physical Description1 sound file (16 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorOsorio, Eric
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on December 15, 2015, by Taina Evans and Naheem Morris at Red Hook Library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectHurricane Sandy, 2012 ; Basketball ; Drag racing ; Police ; Gentrification ; Stop and frisk (Law enforcement) ; Community development ; Brooklyn public library ; Floods ; Anthony, Carmelo, 1984-
  • PlaceCrown Heights (New York, N.Y.)Red Hook (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Eric Osorio on 2015 December 15.