Oral History Archive

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Alan Kirschenbaum

Memories of growing up in Coney Island Houses in the 1950s and early '60s

Sharon Tera

Sharon Tera's family operated Ethel's Restaurant on the Boardwalk in the 1940s and '50s

Carol Barry

Memories of living in the newly opened Luna Park Houses in the 1960s

Mark St Leon

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

Maria Schwab

Growing up in Gravesend and going to Coney Island in the 1960s and living there today

Rena Stutman Rice

Memories of growing up in Brighton Beach in the 1950s and '60s

Arlene Oken Straus

Memories of living in Luna Park Houses in the 1960s and '70s

Laura Numeroff

Children's book author's memories of Steeplechase, the Animal Nursery, and Brighton Beach Baths

Tony Williams

Growing up in Coney Island as a teenager in the 1960s and '70s

Ellen Abrams

Memories of growing up on West 29th Street and meeting her lifeguard husband on Coney Island Beach

Monica Ghee

Coney Island native and longtime independent game operator on Jones Walk

Martin Abrams

Brooklynite who was a lifeguard in the 1950s and met his wife of 60 years on Coney Island Beach

Natalie Johnson

Memories of having a season locker at Ravenhall and Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and '60s

Jeffrey Berman

Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center

Carole Scheer

Her father, Anthony Cosmo Pomaro, owned Cosmo Topper's Beauty Parlor on Mermaid Avenue

Barbara Unterman Jones

Memories of being one of the first families to move into Gravesend Houses in 1954 and growing up there

Stanley Fox

Retired Coney Island arcade operator recalls his family's 30-plus years in the business

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville

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