Filtering by 1980 - 1989

Orlando Mendez
Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and being the third generation of his family to live here today

Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center

Robert Whitney
Memories of a gorilla show, a bungalow colony, and an underground city beside the beach

Stanley Fox, Part 2
Retired arcade operator's memories of when Coney Island's amusements were open in the wintertime

Alito Hernandez
From breakdancing on the streets of Coney Island with Fresh Kids to Peter Gennaro's Street Dreams

Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte
Owners of Bensonhurst's SAS Italian Records, founded in the 1960s

Mindy Gress
Memories of growing up on Coney Island's first block and working in the Cyclone photobooth's darkroom

Kai Fung
Homeowner in Coney Island's West End for almost 30 years and first member of his family to settle here