Summary(0:20) Third generation Greenpointer -- (1:20) Greenpoint gritty growing up in 1950s/60s, not aware of environmental issues -- (3:40) Growth of waste transfer stations -- (7:02) Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF) influence in community and getting fund to be representative of neighborhood equitably -- (9:30) Advocating for McGolrick Park -- (11:04) Getting gentrifying community to be involved in local issues and staying -- (12:40) Environmental change inspired by Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Fair Share Plan (Waste Transfer Station) -- (13:40) Asian Longhorned Beetle devastation to Greenpoint trees -- (15:40) Film industry helping stabilize area
NoteAudio interview conducted on June 11, 2019, by Acacia Thompsonon on Diamond Street 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.
SubjectWaste disposal sites--New York (State)--New York ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; New York City Audubon (Organization) ; Lentol, Joseph R. ; Oil spills ; Gentrification ; Trees ; Asian longhorned beetle ; Community Board 1 (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Motion picture industry ; Catholic Schools ; Environmental education ; Population density ; United States. Federal Water Pollution Control Act ; United States. Clean Air Amendments of 1970
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TitleOral history interview with Marcy Boyle conducted on 11 June 2019.