Filtering by 2000 - 2009

Alisa Minyukova
Brooklyn artist who emigrated from Russia as a child is drawn to Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach

Richard Termini
Memories of growing up at Bensonhurst's Termini's Bakery and riding Coney Island's Astroland Rocket

Leonid Alaverdov
Tapestry artist and Coney Island resident whose work is inspired by his native Baku and New York City

Steven Feinstein
Reflections on running Wilensky Hardware, a 100-year-old family business on Mermaid Avenue

Steve Campanella
Collector of 1950's and '60s memorabilia whose Bensonhurst home is known as the Statue House

Robert Serrano Jr.
Ride operator at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 11 years and Michael Jackson impressionist

Dennis Thomas
President of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club for the past 12 years and a member since the 1980s

Boan Lin (Master Lin)
Tai chi master who was born in China shares memories of practicing and teaching his art in Brooklyn

Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn

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

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

Mr. Luong
Coney Island homeowner recalls fleeing Vietnam with his family in 1981 and settling in New York City

Ronald Kannatt (The Prince of Coney Island)
Twenty years at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's Karaoke on the Boardwalk