Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1970 - 1979 back to all

Marie Martorano

Bensonhurst native recalls riding Spook-A-Rama and playing Fascination in the 1970s

Michael Borruto

Revisiting the Spook-A-Rama and Wonder Wheel of his boyhood

Santos Torres

Coney Island resident since the 1970s, community gardener and musician

Commendatore Aldo Mancusi

Memories of Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and growing up in Brooklyn in an Italian family

Anthony Martire

A family tradition of raising and racing homing pigeons in Coney Island

Georganna Deas

Coney Island resident Georganna Deas has spent forty years advocating for a better Coney Island

Louise Milano

Louise Milano's mother, Carolina, operated Carolina Restaurant on Mermaid Avenue for 60 years

Boris Kotlyar

Mermaid Spa founder talks about bringing the Russian banya tradition to Coney Island

Cornel Chan

"The Elvis of the East" and founder of Brooklyn Chinese-American Assn. Chorus

Joe Lazzaro

A member of the Iceberg Athletic Club from 1971-2007

Walter "Shorty" Arsenault

Long-time manager of Astroland's Kiddieland

Jimmy McCullough

Lifelong carousel owner and operator

John Rea

Began his career as a sign painter in Coney Island

Vivian Palo

Loved growing up and raising children in Coney Island

Wally Roberts

The King of Jones Walk

Marie Roberts

A painter with a Coney Island legacy

Peter Spanakos

Founder of the Sea Gate Historical Society

Abe Feinstein

Photographing his Coney Island neighborhood for 50 years