Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1990 - 1999 back to all

Stefon Bristol

Film director and screenwriter who grew up in Coney Island in the 1990s

Zohra Saed

Poet and writer from Afghanistan who grew up in Southern Brooklyn

Monica Ghee

Coney Island native and longtime independent game operator on Jones Walk

Khonya Epstein

Author and leader of the Holocaust Survivors Group at Marks JCH of Bensonhurst

Amparo Garcia

Lifelong Brighton Beach resident shares stories of Brighton Beach then and now

Emmanuel Elpenord

An actor's memories of growing up in Sea Rise apartments and a souvenir of the Wonder Wheel

Frank Gurrera

Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member

Anthony Wang

Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution

Josephine Gargiulo Cassata

Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant

Shavon Meyers

A poet and storyteller on growing up in Coney Island at Gravesend Houses, the beach and Astroland

Gabriel Valencia

Twenty-five years at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk

Lorraine Ross

Resident of Coney Island for 47 years and retired transit cleaner at Stillwell Terminal

Lu Zhao

Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst

Tiana Camacho

A voice actor's reflections on how growing up in Coney Island in the 1990s shaped her imagination

Lolita Divilova

Community Board 13 member and Brightwater Towers homeowner and board member

Tim Law

Bilingual educator and founder of Chinese American Social Services Center in Bensonhurst

John Hunt

Model builder of roller coasters and amusement rides including the Cyclone and Deno's Wonder Wheel

Juanhua Zhao

Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story