Filtering by 1930 - 1939

Randy Profeta
Great grandson of Coney Island sign painter Harry Wildman and grandson of Steeplechase's Vito Onorato

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

Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant

Juanhua Zhao
Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story

Nancy Gabriel
Memories of visiting Uncle Pete, who ran a food concession at Steeplechase Pool in the 1930s-50s

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

Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn

Connie Scacciaferro
Memories of going to Coney Island Beach as a child in the 1930's and a teenager in the '40s

Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes