Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1960 - 1969 back to all

Michael Onorato

Son of Steeplechase Park's general manager, James Onorato

Peter Spanakos

Founder of the Sea Gate Historical Society

Steve Garone and Dan Pisark

Friends since Mark Twain Junior High years

Michele Forsten

Lived in Luna Park Housing in the 1960's

Rose Patton

Lived next door to Luna Park

Abe Feinstein

Photographing his Coney Island neighborhood for 50 years

Ron Rossi

Bringing the 1960's back to Coney Island

Allen Ashby

Visiting Coney Island his whole life

Sherri and Harold Kaufman

High school sweethearts from Coney Island

Harold Kramer

Relatives lived under the Thunderbolt

Louis Ritter

Amusement Ride Operator

Howie Lipstein

Devoted Cyclone Rider

Robert Shapiro

Lived on Mermaid Ave. between 35th and 36th Streets between 1945 and 1965

Debra Sturm

New York Aquarium volunteer

Joan DelSandra

Memories of the Bobsled, Caterpillar and Parachute Jump

Marion Kantrowitz

Rode the Cyclone at 4 years old

Maria Argano with Gwen Sooling

Grew up in Luna Park Houses in the 1970's and worked at Nathan's

Paul Krassner

Author and key figure in the counterculture of the 1960's shares his Coney Island memories