Filtering by 1920 - 1929

Jeanette Bigelson
At age 103, Coney Island resident shares her memories and secrets to a long and happy life

Frank Gurrera
Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member

Greg Birbil
Greg Birbil's father, Paul, was a candy maker who owned the Paradise Ice Cream Parlor on Surf Avenue

Steven Feinstein
Reflections on running Wilensky Hardware, a 100-year-old family business on Mermaid Avenue

Mark St Leon
Australian circus historian whose family performed at Coney Island's Luna Park in the early 1900s

Esther Delgado
Growing up in Gravesend and going to Coney Island in the 1940s and living there today

Van Milana
Grandson of sword swallower Joseph "Ajax" Milana and DeWise Purdin "The Handless Sharpshooter"

Charles Berkman
Memories of growing up in Coney Island during the Great Depression and 55 years practicing law

Joel Zika
The founder of the Dark Ride Project on documenting Spook-A-Rama and other historic dark rides

Charles Robert Feltman
Great-grandson of Feltmans Restaurant founder and hot dog inventor Charles Feltman

Antoinette Balzano
Granddaughter of Anthony "Totonno" Pero tells the story of how he founded Totonno's Pizzeria in 1924

Louise Milano
Louise Milano's mother, Carolina, operated Carolina Restaurant on Mermaid Avenue for 60 years

Judge Steve Arniotes
The story behind the Boardwalk Lido Restaurant and the family who operated it from 1927 until 1960