Summary(0:31) Moving to Red Hook in 1977 -- (1:28) Feeling scared in the neighborhood -- (2:28) Growing in to the neighborhood -- (2:59) Meeting her first friend in Red Hook -- (4:30) The violence, crime and drugs -- (5:11) Raising a son -- (5:58) The violence returning -- (6:47) The shootings and its effects -- (8:16) The mall -- (8:55) Coming to love Red Hook -- (9:38) IKEA -- (10:07) Appreciating the changes -- (11:05) The Front and the Back -- (12:14) “The Back” in the 70s -- (14:07) “The Back” nowadays -- (14:43) The fishing community -- (15:49) The different kinds of fish and how to cook them -- (17:26) Being a parent -- (19:20) The whole family living together -- (20:48) Describing Red Hook now -- (21:25) Economic divides -- (22:40) Increasing rents and saving to buy an apartment.
NoteAudio interview conducted on December 8, 2015, by Cassie Wagler at Miccio 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.
SubjectNineteen seventies ; Violence ; Crime ; Crack (Drug) ; Firearms ; School principals ; P.S 15 ; Refuse ; Parenting ; Child rearing ; Church attendance ; Fishing ; Bluefish ; River blackfish ; Basses (Fish) ; Cooking ; Rents ; Housing ; Youth development ; Community development ; Income distribution ; IKEA (firm) ; Cultural pluralism ; Waterfronts ; Parks ; Fireworks ; Piers
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TitleOral history interview with Yolanda Diaz on 2015 December 8.