Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1960 - 1969 back to all

Arthur Melnick

Coney Island concessionaire

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

Jimmy Prince

Proprietor of Major Markets, Coney Island's oldest butcher shop

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

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