Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1960 - 1969 back to all

Kevin Rexach

Worked at the B&B Carousell

Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin

Family owned the Shamrock Irish House and Eldorado Arcade

Lauragay Scarnaco-Albergo

Grew up in Coney Island

Jerry Krase

Brooklyn College sociology professor

Mark Breyer

Outside talker at the World in Wax Musee and lifeguard in the 1950's and 60's

Joel Minesquero

Helping his Dad run a dark ride called the House of Horrors

Amos Wengler

Coney Island singer/songwriter who wrote "Save Coney Island" and "Hot Dog Song"

Arthur Melnick

Coney Island concessionaire

Joan and Julie Curran

Longtime residents of Coney Island

Moire Cuite and Elizabeth O'Boyle

Recollections of summers spent at the Ocean Tide beach club near Sea Gate

Lou Powsner

Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist

Dnynia Armstrong

Co-founder of the Brooklyn newspaper The Phoenix remembers living in Coney Island in the 1960s

Louis Scarcella

Longtime resident of Coney Island and former President of the Polar Bear Club

Margaret Ross

Coney Island resident and member of the 1960's girl group, The Cookies

Linda and Michael Merr

Family of former Coney game and ride owner Jack Merr