Before The Selby, An Afternoon With and Teenage Bedroom—there was The Nooney Brooklyn Photographs–documenting the homes and interiors of your average Brooklyn family. Dinanda H. Nooney spent a year crisscrossing the borough to capture the diverse families living in Brooklyn from January 1978-April 1979. Here’s a selection of teenagers growing up BK. Above: Joseph & Mary Merz, architects. Daughter Julie & cat. 48 Willow Place, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. January, 1978. Maybe your address is featured in the archives?
Antonio & Louise DiMeo & grandchildren. 330 President St., Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. July 17, 1978.
Clem & Clair Labine, daughter. 199 Berkeley Pl., Park Slope, Brooklyn. March 4, 1978.
![Home of the Frieds, oldest daughter. 501 E. 17th St., Flatbush, Brooklyn. July 31, 1978](https://www.teenagefilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Home-of-the-Frieds-oldest-daughter.-501-E.-17th-St.-Flatbush-Brooklyn.-July-31-1978-e1330914428355.jpeg)
Home of the Frieds, oldest daughter. 501 E. 17th St., Flatbush, Brooklyn. July 31, 1978.
![John Cooper family. 226 Carroll St., Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. July 12, 1978. (1978)](https://www.teenagefilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/John-Cooper-family.-226-Carroll-St.-Carroll-Gardens-Brooklyn.-July-12-1978.-1978--e1330914471770.jpeg)
John Cooper family. 226 Carroll St., Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. July 12, 1978.
![Nino Pantano & son. 305A President St., Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn. June 25, 1978. (1978)](https://www.teenagefilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Nino-Pantano-son.-305A-President-St.-Carrol-Gardens-Brooklyn.-June-25-1978.-1978-e1330914524932.jpeg)
Nino Pantano & son. 305A President St., Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn. June 25, 1978.
![Robert & Vonceil Turner, son. 254 Hancock St., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. October 20, 1978. (1978)](https://www.teenagefilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Robert-Vonceil-Turner-son.-254-Hancock-St.-Bedford-Stuyvesant-Brooklyn.-October-20-1978.-1978-e1330914572744.jpeg)
Robert & Vonceil Turner, son. 254 Hancock St., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. October 20, 1978.
via NYPL