Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1990 - 1999 back to all
Ansen Tang
Director of United Chinese Association of Brooklyn in Bensonhurt, Dyker Heights, and Sheepshead Bay
Jerry Farley (The Jerry Farley)
Record producer and audio engineer who produces live shows at Coney Island Brewery
Fred Stern
Bus driver for 35 years on the B36 route and the shuttle bus inside Sea Gate
Eric Sanchez
Growing up in Coney Island and Gravesend in the 1990s and 2000s
Amparo Garcia
Lifelong Brighton Beach resident shares stories of Brighton Beach then and now
Irina Ginzburg (Upa)
Stand-up comedian and founder of the Coney Island Comedy Festival
Stefon Bristol
Film director and screenwriter who grew up in Coney Island in the 1990s
Nasim Almuntaser
Brooklyn College history student grew up working in his family's bodega in Brighton Beach
Reverend Cliff Herring
The Roller Coaster Reverend shares stories of Cyclone weddings
Olga Martynchuk
Mother of professional boxing star Nikita Ababiy
Jen Kepler
Educator at New York Aquarium and passionate observer of Brooklyn wildlife
Monica Ghee
Coney Island native and longtime independent game operator on Jones Walk
Ita Bullard
Horace and Ita Bullard's attempt to transform Coney Island
Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center
Gina Femia
Brooklyn-born playwright on her plays set in Coney Island and a marriage proposal on the beach
Stanley Fox
Retired Coney Island arcade operator recalls his family's 30-plus years in the business
Olga Lozar
A Sea Gate resident who is a Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the pleasures of winter swimming
Allen James
Coney Islander, musician/songwriter in alt-rock band Newborn, lifeguard