Summary(0:19) Growing up in East New York in the 50s & 60s -- (1:03) The dirt road at Hegeman Avenue/Fountain Avenue Houses and the swamps by Jamaica Bay -- (2:29) The neighborhood population in East New York -- (4:09) Buses to the World’s fair in summertime -- (4:51) Summer jobs at the “Time square store” and Brookdale Hospital -- (5:43) The relationship to the neighbors -- (7:42) The Colonial house at the corner of Milford street and Dumont -- (8:52) Old houses beyond repair and empty lots at Dumont Avenue -- (9:46) A neighborhood where you felt you belonged -- (10:04) The good quality of the schools -- (10:54) Moving to East Flatbush -- -- (12:00) Moving around and settling in Sheepshead Bay (13:02) The ferries and restaurants at Sheepshead Bay in the 70’s (14:13) Effects of overbuilding -- (14:56) Hurricane Sandy in 2012, dangers in living close to water -- (16:53) The neighborhood playhouse on 23rd street -- (17:38) Working in publishing at Mcgraw-Hill -- (02:30) Advice for future generations -- (02:39) Advice for people coming to Brooklyn.
NoteAudio interview conducted on April 13, 2018, by Judith Pierce at Brooklyn College. 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.
SubjectNineteen fifties ; Nineteen sixties ; Abandoned buildings ; Community development ; Diversity ; Restaurants ; Children's playhouses
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Judith Reiss on 2018 April 13.