Oral History Archive

Joseph Albanese

87-year-old remembers the Nickel Empire

Jocelyn Cantor

Grew up on Avenue Z in the 1930's and 40's

Coney Island Vinny

Owner of Sheepshead Bay tattoo shop recounts when Coney Island's Stillwell Ave was "Tattoo Alley"

Steve Spak

Photographer who worked on a city ambulance for Coney Island Hospital in the late 1970's

Robert Shapiro

Lived on Mermaid Ave. between 35th and 36th Streets between 1945 and 1965

Louis Ritter

Amusement Ride Operator

Marty Reich

Locker Boy at Oriole Baths who hung out at Washington Baths with his friends

Gene Natale

Lived in Coney Island during the 50's

Ron Johnson

First visit in half a century.

Victor Torres

Vacationed in Coney Island

Marion Kantrowitz

Rode the Cyclone at 4 years old

Chris Davies

Great-grandson of strongman The Great Sandow

David Rapaport

Got stuck on the Parachute Jump

Melissa Rosson Rappaport

Architectural preservationist

Ronald Ruiz

Retired bus driver

Billy

Rode the Steeplechase horses

Roy Sylvan Sartin

Model Maker and Music Producer

Peter Ioannou

Amateur fisherman