Sage Howard is a native Brooklynite who works as a community engagement coordinator with the Coney Island History Project. She received her master's in journalism from Columbia University and has contributed to publications including HuffPost, Vice, and Women's Enews. She loves visiting Coney Island's boardwalk during the summer and hopes to check the Polar Bear Plunge off her bucket list in 2024.
Interviews
Tattoo artist who grew up in Coney Island's West End
Samantha Robles, a tattoo artist who is known as "Cake," shares childhood memories of growing up in Coney Island's West End and describes her artistic influences. Three generations of Robles' extended family have lived in Coney's "Coconuts Building...
Writer and playwright who grew up in Coney Island from 1943 to 1956
Carol Polcovar is a writer and playwright who grew up in Coney Island from age three through sixteen. Her family moved from Brighton Beach to West 35th Street next to P.S. 188, where she longed to go to kindergarten. The home that she remembers best...