Oral History Archive

Filtering by 2000 - 2009 back to all
Georganna Deas
Coney Island resident Georganna Deas has spent forty years advocating for a better Coney Island
David Head
David Head tells the story of African-American inventor Granville T. Woods and his electric roller coaster
Gabriel Valencia
Twenty years as part of the family at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk
Marina Rubin
Ukrainian emigre writer and author of Stealing Cherries, a collection of flash fiction
Basil Jones
Jamaican-born chef at Footprints Caribbean Cafe in Coney Island and originator of Rasta Pasta
Theresa Giovinni
Coney Island resident who moved here as a high school student talks about her neighborhood
Boris Kotlyar
Mermaid Spa founder talks about bringing the Russian banya tradition to Coney Island
Cornel Chan
"The Elvis of the East" and founder of Brooklyn Chinese-American Assn. Chorus
Tatyana Panteleyeva
From Tbilisi, Georgia to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Junaid Anwar
Pakistani immigrant and Lincoln High School graduate recounts living on West 15th Street
Takeshi Yamada
Osaka-born artist creates sideshow curiosities in his Coney Island home
Joe Lazzaro
A member of the Iceberg Athletic Club from 1971-2007
John Strong
Sideshow Proprietor
Robert Maxwell
Roller coaster restorer and enthusiast
Wally Roberts
The King of Jones Walk
Marie Roberts
A painter with a Coney Island legacy
Walter "Shorty" Arsenault
Long-time manager of Astroland's Kiddieland
Lauren Burke
On a date with Coney Island