Filtering by 1980 - 1989
Steve Campanella
Collector of 1950's and '60s memorabilia whose Bensonhurst home is known as the Statue House
Dennis Thomas
President of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club for the past 12 years and a member since the 1980s
Boan Lin (Master Lin)
Tai chi master who was born in China shares memories of practicing and teaching his art in Brooklyn
Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn
Mr. Luong
Coney Island homeowner recalls fleeing Vietnam with his family in 1981 and settling in New York City
William Boyle
Gravesend-born novelist whose work is set on the Southern Brooklyn block where he was raised
Stephen Salmieri
Bensonhurst-born photographer whose work documents Coney Island from the mid-1960s to early '70s
Alexander Vindman
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who emigrated from Ukraine to Brighton Beach as a child
Josh Wolfe
Chairman of Coney Island Prep on growing up in Coney Island and the charter school's first 15 years
Mary Engel
Filmmaker and archivist whose parents collaborated on the film Little Fugitive in Coney Island
Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes
Ronald Kannatt (The Prince of Coney Island)
Twenty years at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's Karaoke on the Boardwalk
Karen Wilcox
Memories of living in Luna Park Houses and going to Coney Island bathhouses in the 1960s
