Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2000 - 2009 back to all

Betya Shenker

Memories of World War II in Ukraine and immigrating to Southern Brooklyn

Mary Engel

Filmmaker and archivist whose parents collaborated on the film Little Fugitive in Coney Island

Stella Bacolas

Growing up in Greece and living in Coney Island's Luna Park Houses since the 1970s

Ronald Kannatt (The Prince of Coney Island)

Twenty years at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's Karaoke on the Boardwalk

Angela Kravtchenko

Architect who is a Coney Island resident and a community activist

Sofya Lobova

A longtime resident of Haber Houses and leader of the Russian-speaking community

Kathy Fenyves

Memories of growing up in the newly opened Luna Park Houses in the 1960s and 1970s

Sonia Solano

Reflections on raising a family and working in Coney Island in the 1990s and 2000s

Karen Wilcox

Memories of living in Luna Park Houses and going to Coney Island bathhouses in the 1960s

Samantha Robles (Cake)

Tattoo artist who grew up in Coney Island's West End

Ansen Tang

Director of United Chinese Association of Brooklyn in Bensonhurt, Dyker Heights, and Sheepshead Bay

Jerry Farley (The Jerry Farley)

Record producer and audio engineer who produces live shows at Coney Island Brewery

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

Amparo Garcia

Lifelong Brighton Beach resident shares stories of Brighton Beach then and now

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