Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2000 - 2009 back to all

Frank Gurrera

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

Khonya Epstein

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

Song Xin

Artist who used traditional Chinese paper cutting to create public art in Bay Parkway subway station

Crystal Isley

Memories of growing up in Coney Island Houses in the 1980s and '90s

Robert Whitney

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

Olga Lozar

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

Natasha Lvovich

Moscow-born Coney Island resident, writer of creative nonfiction and fiction, and professor of English

Alito Hernandez

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

Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte

Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte, owners of 51-year-old SAS Italian Records in Bensonhurst

Jewel Hough

Working at Coney Island's Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 18 Years

Ahmed Hussain

Memories of a boyhood helping out in his family's store in Coney Island and learning to play pinball

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

Hawley Hussey

Sea Gate artist, writer, educator and year-round swimmer

Edith Storch

Memories of growing up on West 36th Street in Coney Island's West End

Billy Blitzer

Longtime baseball scout for the Chicago Cubs and Sea Gate resident

Hyeyoung Kim and Michael Cooper

Composer and lyricist of Luna Park, a musical, on chronicling the partnership of Thompson and Dundy

Anthony Wang

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