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Brooklyn

by NYC Sounds COVID-19

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Bath Beach 05:02
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Bay Ridge 05:16
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Bedford Stuyvesant 05:02
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Bensonhurst 05:02
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Bergen Beach 04:41
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Boerum Hill 05:04
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Borough Park 05:02
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Brighton Beach 05:02
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Broadway Junction 05:02
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Brooklyn Heights 05:14
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Brownsville 05:16
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Bushwick 05:02
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Canarsie 05:02
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Carroll Gardens 05:02
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City Line 05:02
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Clinton Hill 05:02
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Cobble Hill 05:02
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Columbia Street Waterfront District 05:02
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Coney Island 05:03
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Crown Heights 05:04
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Cypress Hills 05:02
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Ditmas/Flatbush 05:12
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Downtown Brooklyn 05:02
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Dumbo 05:02
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Dyker Heights 05:02
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East Flatbush 05:02
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East Midwood 05:02
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East New York/New Lots 05:02
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East Williamsburg 05:12
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Flatlands 05:02
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Fort Greene 04:54
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Fort Greene (Brooklyn Hospital Mobile Morgue Trucks) 05:00
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Fort Hamilton 05:06
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Fulton Ferry District 05:02
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Georgetown 05:12
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Gerritsen Beach 05:08
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Gowanus 03:58
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Gravesend 05:02
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Greenpoint 05:06
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Greenwood Heights 05:04
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Homecrest 05:02
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Kensington 05:02
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Kings Highway 05:02
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Madison 05:08
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Manhattan Beach 05:04
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Mapleton 05:02
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Marine Park 05:00
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Midwood 05:02
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Mill Basin 05:02
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Ocean Hill 05:02
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Paerdegat Basin 05:02
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Park Slope 05:02
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Plum Beach 05:00
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Prospect Heights 05:02
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Prospect/Lefferts Gardens 05:02
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Prospect Park South 05:02
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Red Hook 05:02
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Seagate 05:02
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Sheepshead Bay 05:02
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South Midwood 05:02
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South Slope 05:02
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Spring Creek 05:02
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Starret City 05:02
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Stuyvesant Heights 05:12
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Sunset Park 05:01
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Sunset Park (Chinatown) 04:52
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Sunset Park (Industry City) 05:02
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Vinegar Hill 05:02
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Weeksville 05:02
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West Brighton 05:12
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West Midwood 05:02
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Williamsburg 05:06
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Williamsburg (Northside) 05:02
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Williamsburg (Southside) 04:40
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Windsor Terrace 05:02
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Wingate 05:02
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about

A couple of days into NYC’s Corona Virus quarantine, I realized the city was entering a period where it would be the quietest it's ever been in modern times.

It was amazing to consider that the sound of the city, where people, cars, trucks, buses, trains and planes are active all hours of the day and night, reached a near halt on March 20th.

I decided then to document the iconic parts of the city that would normally be bustling with tourists and locals alike, setting off to record a compiled list of about 40 locations.

Half way through the list, I was compelled by the idea of making a field recording in every single neighborhood in all five boroughs of the city to document the new sonic landscape of this unique moment in history.

I started doing some research, and while the exact number is a topic for debate, I came up with around 375 neighborhoods that I would need to visit.

Using printed maps of each borough, I drove to each neighborhood and made recordings without leaving my car. For most of these aural documents, I would arrive at my destination, stick the microphones out of the window, record for 5 minutes, then move on to the next location. I did this week after week starting March 23rd and finishing on June 7th, probably driving around 3,000 miles in the process.

I invite you now to put on some headphones and journey throughout NYC like you never have been able to before.

You will discover some neighborhoods have an eerie stillness to them, while others are bustling with activity almost like 'normal' times. And every now and again you’ll catch snippets of conversations and announcements reflective of what the world was going through in the moment.

Thank you for listening.

credits

released August 3, 2020

all recordings made by Geoff Gersh using:
Sound Devices Mix Pre 3
Lom Usi Pro mics
Bubblebee & homemade wind screens

art/graphic design by barnowldesign.com

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NYC Sounds COVID-19 New York, New York

A collection of field recordings made in every single neighborhood in NYC documenting the quieter city while under quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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