As part of the ongoing Census coverage, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show presents YOUR ANECDOTAL CENSUS – a county-by-county look at the stories emerging from each neighborhood in 2010. The series debuted Tuesday with Manhattan , and continues each Tuesday at 11am through September. Guests will include county executives, mayors and other policymakers who matter in your community, as the program explores how the census affects policy.

On Tuesday, May 25th, tune in to Brian Lehrer for a special look at Brooklyn, New York . You and your readers are invited to share your stories about the county of Kings by visiting its homepage at http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/blogs/scrapbook/2010/may/04/your-anecdotal-census-schedule/.

Sample questions include:
How has the housing boom changed your community?
How have the politics of your community changed? If power has shifted in your community, how and why?
What’s an untold story of change in your community that needs to be told?
How is your community different today than it was 10 years ago?

These questions lead to interesting anecdotes indeed. In the Manhattan segment, a listener mentioned being able to order brown rice in Chinese restaurants in his West Harlem neighborhood –  above 96th Street! For him, this was unheard of before 2001.

The featured counties – including NYC’s five boroughs and the metropolitan area – are listed in order of on-air schedule at the link provided above.

Brian is known for crowd-sourcing and collaborating with his listeners for the show. He asked me to get the word out to my readers and encourage them to help develop this series. No doubt there are endless stories just waiting to be told.