Summary(0:16) Been living in the area for 75 years -- (0:50) The family house -- (1:17) Going to school and getting married -- (2:39) Working as a printer -- (3:14) A close knit but over religious and undereducated neighborhood -- (4:54) Thinking the millennials are the new backbone of the neighborhood -- (6:39) Being able to meet stimulating people -- (8:03) The smell from The Newtown Creek -- (8:51) The north side a dumping ground for toxic waste -- (10:02) Living on a more gentrified side -- (10:19) The Hasidic community -- (10:38) A very gangster ridden neighborhood -- (11:39) The harassment of homosexuals.
NoteAudio interview conducted on November 2, 2018, by Acacia Thompson at the Swinging Sixties Senior Center. 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.
SubjectLandlords--United States ; Polish Americans ; Italian Americans ; Pollution ; Chemical spills ; Urban pollution ; Factory and trade waste--Environmental aspects ; Lead ; Crime Gangsters New York (State) New York ; Hasidim--New York (State)--New York ; Homophobia ; Harassment ; Gentrification ; Generation Y ; Printers--New York (State)--New York ; Water--Pollution ; Air pollution ; Catholic Schools
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Michael Liantonio on 2018 November 2.