About This Item

  • Call NumberGEHP_0079
  • TitleOral history interview with Marilyn McCouley conducted on 2018 October 17.
  • Summary(O:24) Born and has lived in the same house on Apollo Street for 86 years -- (2:40) Adventures around Greenpoint as children -- (3:55) Penny Bridge on Newtown Creek -- (5:55) Winthrop movie theater at Russell and Driggs -- (7:25) Neighborhood children as errand runners -- (9:24) Playing street games -- (10:12) Building of the Kosciuszko Bridge -- (12:00) Missing the feeling of neighborliness -- (13:40) Having a garden
  • Date2018-10-17
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (16 min.) : digital, MP3
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on October 17, 2018, by Acacia Thompson on Apollo 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.
  • CreatorMcCouley, Marilyn
  • SubjectNewtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; Kosciuszko Bridge (New York, N.Y.) ; Neighborhoods
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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