Filtering by 1970 - 1979

Karen Dawn Blondel
Environmental justice organizer who was born in Coney Island and raised here in the 1960s and '70s

Jay Green (Gerald Greenberg)
Three-time International Jugglers Association champion and resident of Southern Brooklyn

Chris "Daze" Ellis
Artist whose Coney Island-themed work includes solo and community murals at Coney Art Walls

Irene Karas
Sea Gate resident on her girlhood memories of Coney Island and passing them on to her daughter

Eric Safyan
Architect who grew up in Coney Island in the 1980s and designed the renovated Ruby's Bar & Grill

Michael Goldstein (Looch)
Memories of growing up on Mermaid Avenue and working games in Coney Island from age twelve

Charles Berkman
Memories of growing up in Coney Island during the Great Depression and 55 years practicing law

Dionne Brown (D.L. Jordan)
Lifelong Coney Island resident and author of Living Life Like It's Golden

Steve Larkin
Memories of working at a Coney Island beach chair and umbrella rental company as a teen in the 1970s

Johanna Gargiulo Sherman
Artist and Coney Island resident recalls growing up on Mermaid Avenue above Carolina Restaurant

Antoinette Balzano
Granddaughter of Anthony "Totonno" Pero tells the story of how he founded Totonno's Pizzeria in 1924

Gene Ritter
Founder of Cultural Research Divers shares his knowledge of oceans, estuaries, and Coney Island Creek