Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2000 - 2009 back to all
Fred Stern
Bus driver for 35 years on the B36 route and the shuttle bus inside Sea Gate
Eric Sanchez
Growing up in Coney Island and Gravesend in the 1990s and 2000s
Tymell Murphy
Professional basketball player and author of a book of poems and stories who grew up in Coney Island
Esther Delgado
Growing up in Gravesend and going to Coney Island in the 1940s and living there today
Irina Ginzburg (Upa)
Stand-up comedian and founder of the Coney Island Comedy Festival
Stefon Bristol
Film director and screenwriter who grew up in Coney Island in the 1990s
Stanley Shapiro
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and going back four times a year
Ellina Graypel
Singer, musician and composer who lives in Sea Gate
Nasim Almuntaser
Brooklyn College history student grew up working in his family's bodega in Brighton Beach
Reverend Cliff Herring
The Roller Coaster Reverend shares stories of Cyclone weddings
Olga Martynchuk
Mother of professional boxing star Nikita Ababiy
Jen Kepler
Educator at New York Aquarium and passionate observer of Brooklyn wildlife
Monica Ghee
Coney Island native and longtime independent game operator on Jones Walk
Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center
Frederick Brosen
Artist whose watercolors of the Astroland Rocket and Wonder Wheel sign are emblematic of Coney Island
Gina Femia
Brooklyn-born playwright on her plays set in Coney Island and a marriage proposal on the beach
Linda Zhang
Coney Island homeowner for 19 years enjoys organic gardening and walking on the boardwalk
Stanley Fox
Retired Coney Island arcade operator recalls his family's 30-plus years in the business