Summary(0:24) Great-grandparents immigration from Eastern Europe -- (0:47) Great-grandfather work as a builder in Brighton Beach -- (1:09) Kaye and Sons, family business – (1:30) Mom and aunt's apartment on Oriental Boulevard -- (2:00) Mother's interest in history -- (3:00) Raised by working mother -- (3:23) A. Philip Randolph biography for kids -- (3:50) Father's family on President Street, Flatbush -- (4:27) Moving back to Brooklyn as adult, getting married at Borough Hall -- (4:53) Move to Prospect Heights near Tom's Restaurant -- (5:20) Buying house in Cobble Hill -- (6:00) Adoption and Brooklyn ghost stories -- (8:15) Real estate miracle -- (9:00) Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Mermaid Parade -- (10:28) Coney Island, the Cyclone and the Ballpark -- (11:15) Neighborhood warmth -- (11:40) Brooklyn Library story -- (14:49) Cobble Hill Park and Verandah Place -- (16:44) Real legacy of Brooklyn -- (18:27) Musician's General Store.
NoteAudio interview conducted on August 8, 2016, by Taina Evans at Talk Stoop. 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.
SubjectImmigrants ; Europe, Eastern ; Building trades ; Construction industry ; Working mothers ; Ghosts ; Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 ; Adoption ; Amusement rides ; Baseball ; Libraries ; Home ownership ; Gentrification ; Music stores ; Book stores
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TitleOral history interview with Cat Greenleaf conducted on 2016 August 08.