Oral History Archive

Filtering by fishing back to all
Marie Navarro
A lifelong resident's memories of growing up in Coney Island's Gravesend Houses and Kaiser Park
Eric Schwelke
Memories of living in Luna Park Houses in the 1960s and again in the late 1970s
Frieda Schwelke
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and moving to Luna Park Houses in 1962
Alan Kirschenbaum
Memories of growing up in Coney Island Houses in the 1950s and early '60s
Jane McNeive Ennis
Memories of Ocean Tide Baths and Coney Island
Yi Xin Tong (in English)
Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lu feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek
Yi Xin Tong
Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lushan feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek
Steeplechase Pier Fishermen
Harry Delgado, "Stretch," and Larye Mcsheppard share fishing stories
Derrick Batts
Coney Island resident and proprietor of Coney Island Hook and Bait Shop