Stoop Stories is a Brooklyn-based community collective connecting New York City neighbors across generations and differences to reduce loneliness and build compassion. Through documentary storytelling and community events, we celebrate stoop culture and uplift underrepresented voices, giving storytellers and listeners a sense of belonging, healing, and joy.

✨ Meet our documentary storytelling collective of local artists.

Our Community Collective

Help us produce more stories that connect and heal – consider a gift of $250 or more!

The Problem:
Social isolation poses serious health risks, particularly for older adults and teenagers. A June 2025 report by the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Connection found that one in three older adults and one in four adolescents experience social isolation. Lower-income and marginalized communities are disproportionately affected, according to the U.S. Surgeon General (2023). The consequences of loneliness and isolation are devastating, increasing the risk of suicide, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and cognitive decline.

Our Solution:
Stoop Stories addresses this crisis by leveraging the power of intergenerational connection. Drawing on research from Generations United (2021) and our own data, we know that intergenerational programs build community, foster empathy, and encourage acceptance across differences.

Stoop Stories Intergenerational Storytelling Workshop

Impact:

Following our recent storytelling workshops, 90% of participants reported feeling a stronger sense of connection.
After attending a recent short documentary screening, 72% of viewers said the film made them feel less lonely, and the vast majority said they wanted to see more films like this.

Learn more about our events, stories, and press.

Goal:
This year, we’re raising $20,000 to deepen our impact. We can’t do it without you! Your support will help us create more intergenerational workshops and short films that strengthen our community. It also allows us to support a dedicated team of local artists who are bringing neighborhood narratives to life.

These stories deserve to be seen and heard. While every contribution helps, gifts of $250 or more directly help take a Stoop Story from idea to screen. Give today and help us build a more connected, compassionate city – one story at a time.

Find our award-winning documentary films on our website or YouTube channel.

Tiffany, with her son, and a framed portrait of her late aunt Catherine, on the stoop of their 3rd-generation Bed-Stuy brownstone by Marj Kleinman

The Bullock Family by Marj Kleinman
Claire and Wendy by Edith Ann Claudio

Cuban Stoop Tunes with Kali Rodrigues by Marj Kleinman

Stoop Eviction by Marj Kleinman

Learn More: https://www.stoopstories.com

Film/Video/Media
Brooklyn, NY, US

A copy of our most recently filed financial report is available from the Charities Registry on the New York State Attorney General’s website (www.charitiesnys.com) or, upon request, by contacting us at 163 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. You also may obtain information on charitable organizations from the New York State Office of the Attorney General at www.charitiesnys.com or (212) 416-8816.

Stoop Stories

"Everybody you meet is not just a person passing by, they're a doorway to an entire world. This is a story of what connects Shanaya with me through resilience, poetry, music. It’s about sharing one’s spirit." Harmonica Jimmy