Filtering by 2000 - 2009
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Jeffrey Eisenmesser
Former teacher at Mark Twain Junior High School recalls his Coney Island memories
![Charles Berkman. Photo courtesy of the Berkman family](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/5585/images/charles_berkman_1.jpg?itok=No3g1eIC&c=6a0e535a079a8ec953adeca6802cbb6b)
Charles Berkman
Memories of growing up in Coney Island during the Great Depression and 55 years practicing law
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Dionne Brown (D.L. Jordan)
Lifelong Coney Island resident and author of Living Life Like It's Golden
![Johanna Gargiulo Sherman with fortunetelling Grandma's Predictions and Zoltar in Deno's Wonder Wheel Park](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/4957/images/johanna_1.jpg?itok=nJIvxukF&c=d8de49823834857840e71e62f867a99c)
Johanna Gargiulo Sherman
Artist and Coney Island resident recalls growing up on Mermaid Avenue above Carolina Restaurant
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Julio Sauce
Ecuadorian-born Gravesend resident is among NYC's fastest long-distance runners in his age category
![Totonno's, Coney Island](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/4795/images/totonno.jpg?itok=ulo6SJNS)
Antoinette Balzano
Granddaughter of Anthony "Totonno" Pero tells the story of how he founded Totonno's Pizzeria in 1924
![Gene Ritter on the job.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/4794/images/gene_diver.jpg?itok=n4Hr0ERd&c=fdca85a40fdf3e9877391197e98f9c20)
Gene Ritter
Founder of Cultural Research Divers shares his knowledge of oceans, estuaries, and Coney Island Creek
![Aldo Mancusi playing Hofbauer street organ at 5th Annual History Day at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park and Coney Island History Project](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/4523/images/aldo_mancusi_history_day.jpg?itok=DrqNiSVz&c=32efcc1bdf18e6f539c7fdf287ed6f6d)
Commendatore Aldo Mancusi
Memories of Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and growing up in Brooklyn in an Italian family