About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0011-accs
  • TitleOral history interview with Marie Castel conducted on 2016 June 13.
  • Summary(0:00) Hancock Street in Bushwick -- (0:35) Moving to Flatbush -- (0:59) White flight -- (4:04) Basement parties -- (5:33) Local violence on the news -- (6:30) Boredom and trouble among Brooklyn youth -- (9:16) Senior activities -- (12:14) Worsening safety in Brooklyn -- (14:32) Hopes for the future.
  • Date2016-06-13
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (17 min.) : digital, MP3
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on June 13, 2016, by Emerald Carter at Quincy Senior Residences. 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.
  • CreatorCastel, Marie
  • SubjectShrinking cities ; Children and violence ; Urban elderly ; Older people ; Parties ; Discos ; Gentrification ; Nineteen seventies
  • PlaceBushwick (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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