Heading: Featured Oral History InterviewsAttached View: Alisa Minyukova Brooklyn artist who emigrated from Russia as a child is drawn to Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Ralph Avella Memories of working on the Coney Island Parachute Jump's operation crew at age 16 Shavon Meyers A poet and storyteller on growing up in Coney Island at Gravesend Houses, the beach and Astroland Jewel Hough Working at Coney Island's Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 18 Years Alfonso "Al" Smaldone Jimmy and Tina's Famous Sausage Restaurant Sheldon Krimsky Memories of growing up on West 29th Street in Coney Island in the 1940s and '50s Vertically Center Sides: NoIcon: More Link: see all interviews