Share Your Hurricane Sandy Stories With Brooklyn Public Library

Whether you watched a tree fall on your home, witnessed the Gowanus creep over its banks, or helped neighbors clean up in the aftermath, we all have Hurricane Sandy stories, and the Brooklyn Public Library wants to hear them.

It’s these personal stories that play such an important role in defining our community’s history, and through the Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project, the library is taking steps to ensure that future generations have everything at their fingertips to understand what took place on October 29, 2012.

According to the library’s website, “each interview will take approximately 20-30 minutes, and consist of an interviewer asking questions about the participants’ experience during the storm, as well as the after effects, as they rebuild their homes, businesses and lives.”

Below is an example of some of the stories that have already been collected:

If you’re interested in sharing your experiences, contact June Koffi in the Brooklyn Collection at 718-230-2708 or email j.koffi@brooklynpubliclibrary.org to schedule an appointment. Interviews will take place in the Central Library (10 Grand Army Plaza) on Mondays from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Wednesdays from 10:00 am -12:00 pm and Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm.