Filtering by 1990 - 1999

Gina Femia
Brooklyn-born playwright on her plays set in Coney Island and a marriage proposal on the beach

Olga Lozar
A Sea Gate resident who is a Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the pleasures of winter swimming

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

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

Lou Nasti
Mechanical display creator who redid the tricks for Astroland's Dante's Inferno dark ride in the 1990s

Jay Green (Gerald Greenberg)
Three-time International Jugglers Association champion and resident of Southern Brooklyn