Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1960 - 1969 back to all

Alfonso "Al" Smaldone

Jimmy and Tina's Famous Sausage Restaurant

Jeanette Bigelson

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

Roy Omori

Growing up Japanese American in Coney Island in the 1950s and '60s

Charles Guariglia

Memories of working a bread route on Coney Island's Mermaid Avenue in the 1950's and '60s

Khonya Epstein

Author and leader of the Holocaust Survivors Group at Marks JCH of Bensonhurst

Frank Gurrera

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

Anthony Wang

Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution

Josephine Gargiulo Cassata

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

Ralph Avella

Memories of working on the Coney Island Parachute Jump's operation crew at age 16

Ronald Stewart

Community activist and resident of Coney Island for more than 50 years

Lu Zhao

Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst

Tim Law

Bilingual educator and founder of Chinese American Social Services Center in Bensonhurst

Norman Stock

Poet who grew up in Coney Island and was one of Dr. Couney's incubator babies

David Louie

David Louie's family owned the popular Wah Mee Restaurant on Mermaid Avenue

Theresa Veldez

Bungalows and fires in the West End in the 1960s

Juanhua Zhao

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

Greg Birbil

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

Michael Liff

Memories of working at the Tornado roller coaster and other Coney Island rides and games in the 1970s