Filtering by 1960 - 1969

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Memories of growing up a block from the ocean and being head of Lincoln High School's Art Squad

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

Stanley Fox, Part 2
Retired arcade operator's memories of when Coney Island's amusements were open in the wintertime

Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte
Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte, owners of 51-year-old SAS Italian Records in Bensonhurst

Rob Weissbard
Milton Berger's nephew describes adventures at Steeplechase Park with Coney's great showman

Carmela
Growing up on West 16th Street between Mermaid and Neptune in a cold water flat in the 1940s and '50s

Mindy Gress
Memories of growing up on Coney Island's first block and working in the Cyclone photobooth's darkroom

Bill Zeidenberg
Memories of growing up on Brighton First Court and a summer job renting beach chairs in Coney Island

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