Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1980 - 1989 back to all
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
Albert Apuzzi and Dori Ten
Coney Island handball champions Albert Apuzzi and Dori Ten on the mecca of handball
Jorge Gallegos
Working year-round at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 30 years
Anthony Martire
A family tradition of raising and racing homing pigeons in Coney Island
Martine Emile
Longtime Coney Island resident and cinematographer for a series of indie films shot here
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
Gabriel Valencia
Twenty years as part of the family at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk
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
John Rea
Began his career as a sign painter in Coney Island
Wally Roberts
The King of Jones Walk
Marie Roberts
A painter with a Coney Island legacy
Walter "Shorty" Arsenault
Long-time manager of Astroland's Kiddieland
Allen Ashby
Visiting Coney Island his whole life
Louis Beard
Arcade game repairman