Summary(0:34) Moving to Greenpoint and starting North Brooklyn Boat Club (NBBC) -- (4:26) First meetings of NBBC and setting up club on Newtown Creek and Ash Street -- (7:32) First club kayak and canoe trip -- (8:50) Kayak trip up to Hellgate in East River -- (9:45) Different trips the clubs take -- (10:50) Kayak trip for City of Water Day -- (12:00) Jens led kayak trip up to Bronx -- (13:30) Kayak trip to Pippin Apple Beach -- (14:40) Beauty of kayaking on Newtown Creek -- (15:50) East River topography -- (16:50) Members of NBBC -- (17:45) Getting people to care about environmental issues by getting them on the water -- (19:20) Teaching kayak safety -- (21:20) Changing lives through kayaking -- (22:19) NBBC changing by getting actual boat house -- (25:00) Setting an example and clubs evolving by NBBC influence -- (26:20) Enjoying watching people’s first experience of city kayaking
NoteAudio interview conducted on December 12, 2018, by Acacia Thompson 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.
SubjectKayaking ; Canoes and canoeing ; Environmental Education ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; Govenors Island (New York County, N.Y) ; Hell Gate Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
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TitleOral history interview with Jens Rasmussen and Monica Schroeder conducted on 2018 December 12.