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